Method and apparatus for indicating the occurrence of pre-ulcer and its progress

摘要

The patient foot monitoring method provides an open platform for supporting at least one foot. The platform has at least one temperature sensor that forms a plurality of temperature data values after supporting at least one foot. The method continues by forming a thermogram of the sole of at least one foot from the temperature data and determining whether the thermogram represents at least one of a plurality of defined patterns. Next, the method generates output information representing the occurrence of a pre-ulcer or the progress of a known pre-ulcer in at least one foot, depending on whether the thermogram represents at least one pattern. To do.