The present arrangement provides a system for managing diabetic foot care patients that include a communication interface for transmitting diagnostic forms to a doctor device and receiving input from the doctor device. A processor manages the transmissions and received input and a database storing the diagnostic forms and the received input, as well as pre-stored risk assessment guidelines. The system is configured to transmit the diagnostic forms to a doctor device for guiding a comprehensive foot exam, and further, to accept doctor input including at least a plurality of foot examination details and a risk pool assessment. The system compares at least a plurality of foot examination details against the pre-stored risk assessment guidelines and confirms or reject the risk pool assessment input by the doctor if the risk pool assessment is or is not congruent with requirements contained in the pre-stored risk assessment guidelines.

A device, system and method for vibration sensitivity assessment are provided. the device has an attachment portion configured to detachably connect the device to a programmable vibration source and a probe configured to be applied to a test location on a test subject's skin and to convey vibrations generated by the programmable vibration source to the test location. The programmable vibration source may for example be a mobile telephone. A low-cost and widely usable device for vibration sensitivity assessment is thus provided.

Materials, systems, and assemblies for assessment of haptic perception impairments and motor control abnormalities.

A system for controlling operation of an imaging or therapy apparatus. The system comprises an interface (IN) for receiving a pain measurement signal as measured by one or more sensors (S) in relation to an anatomic part (BR) of the patient (PAT) i) being imaged in an imaging procedure by the imaging apparatus or ii) being under therapy in a therapy procedure delivered by the therapy device, whilst the part (BR) is held in an adjustable fixation device (FD). A control unit (CU) of the system is configured to process the pain measurement signal to compute at least one control signal. A control interface (CIF) of the system is configured to interact during the imaging or therapy procedure with the imaging apparatus (IA) and/or the fixation device (FD) based on the control signal to a) influence the imaging or therapy procedure and/or b) to adjust the fixation device so as to change the manner in which the part (BR) is being held.

This pain measurement device for measuring pain experienced by a subject is provided with a determination unit for determining a reference stimulation intensity corresponding to reference pain of the subject, on the basis of a relationship between pain levels reported by the subject and stimulation intensities applied to the subject, and a measurement unit which compares electroencephalographic data measured from the subject and reference electroencephalographic data corresponding to the reference stimulation intensity to measure pain experienced by the subject when the electroencephalographic data is measured.

Embodiments of the technology developed are a non-contact air esthesiometer used for measuring corneal sensitivity. In certain embodiments, the apparatus takes the OKI DX-255 Basic Digital Fluid Dispenser and modifies it for use to produce a 2-second stream of room-temperature air directed at the center of a patient's cornea. The input to the device is a compressed air tank, IN which can be easily changed, connected to an inline filter. The output is a hose line connected to a valve that permits finer adjustments in airflow rate to a disposable 200-microliter-filter pipette tip. This outlet tip is secured with self-setting rubber and housed in a metal stand with horizontal and vertical travel that can be directly mounted to a standard slit lamp. Four red LED lights were placed around the air outflow that can be used for patient fixation and alignment on the central cornea.

The invention relates to a handheld aesthesiometer, comprising a gas lung connected with intermediation from first valve means to a source of gas and comprising an expandable cavity intended to house a volume of gas in a loading phase of the aesthesiometer; an outlet nozzle connected to the gas lung with intermediation from second valve means and suitable for directing a puff of the volume of the gas housed in the gas lung in a firing phase of the aesthesiometer; and a mechanism to ensure in the aforementioned firing phase of the aesthesiometer the release of the puff of the volume of gas contained in the gas lung in the direction of the outlet nozzle by means of a controlled contraction of the expandable cavity of the gas lung in order to ensure a substantially constant outlet pressure.

A method of determining touch sensitivity threshold at a region of body of a human using a probe. The method includes setting first value for impact attribute of probe; releasing the probe towards the region, to impact the region with the first value for impact attribute; receiving first feedback from human in response to the impact of the probe with the first value for the impact attribute. The method further includes changing the first value of the impact attribute to set a second value; releasing the probe towards the region, to impact the region with the second value for the impact attribute; receiving a second feedback corresponding to the second value for the impact attribute. The method includes changing value of impact attribute until determination of touch sensitivity threshold as either a lowest value of sensing or a highest value of senselessness of probe based on the feedback.

A medical treatment tracking device with a cavity configured to store a medical device and one or more sensor configured to obtain data about the medical device. Based on the data obtained by the sensor, adherence to an aspect of a treatment plan is determined by one or more processor. The one or more processor is also configured to determine compliance with the treatment plan based on the adherence determination. A transmitter may then transmit the compliance determination may to an external device.

In one embodiment, a system for neurologic vibratory sense evaluation includes a vibration article configured to attach to a body part of a patient under evaluation, the vibration article comprising a vibration element configured to vibrate against the body part, a control module configured to control an amplitude of vibrations generated by the vibration element, and a patient input device configured to enable a patient to start and stop an evaluation session, wherein starting the session in a first mode of operation causes the vibration element to initially vibrate at a relatively high amplitude that gradually decreases and wherein starting the session in a second mode of operation causes the vibration element to initially vibrate at a relatively low amplitude that gradually increases.