1.7 M amputees in the US (2008) • 185 000 amputations / year → Vascular system, Diabetes, Cancer, Trauma, … • Prosthesis fitting • Very complex • Painful • Needs adjustments (weekly → yearly) • Visits to clinic • Costly • Transportation: Difficult for amputee • Problematic in remote areas • Medicaid pays for majority → US govt interested in: • Saving costs • Improve quality • Reduce hospital & clinic visits by 80% → huge savings • Worldwide problem & global market: Europe, India & Developing countries
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• Worldwide problem & global market: Europe, India & Developing countries
BodyNotes: Low-cost telemedicine for amputees David Sengeh, M.Sc. Candidate, BioMechatronics, MIT Media Lab Alex Olwal, M.Sc., Ph.D., Post-doctoral Researcher, Camera Culture, MIT Media Lab
•Minimize visits (patient: time & effort, health care: time & cost)
•Better adjustments → Improve quality of care
•Real-time remote collaboration for patient & prosthetist
Remote consultation to improve prostheses1. Patients tracks pain:
• Time• Intensity• Location• Type
2. Patient uploads data → Health Record System
3. Prosthetist downloads data → mobile / desktop• Improvements over time• Statistics / graphs