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SMARTPLANT precision digitizer for the sole of the foot
SMARTPLANT precision digitizer for the sole of the foot
The SMARTPLANT project is working on a system capable of digitizing the sole of the foot as a powerful tool for the design of adapted insoles, either anatomically or for orthopedic or corrective purposes, but always based on objective and accurate information.
Obtaining the geometry of a specific foot is a relevant process in the footwear industry that opens the door to different purposes such as the analysis and morphological study of the foot for statistical purposes or more specifically for therapeutic or comfort purposes; but also the customization of insoles, lasts or other components.
The digitizers of soles or real full foot need to capture the geometry with the foot in suspension or resting on a transparent surface, ensuring that the capture system used is able to collect all the necessary volume. This also has two main applications:
- Enable the design and manufacture of orthopedic insoles completely customized to each specific foot, and without generating any type of waste.
- The ordered and progressive digitization of foot soles allows to improve the population knowledge offering to the industry objective criteria to improve the design of the footwear and its insoles, maximizing the suitability of the footwear series to a greater number of target feet.
SMARTPLANT OBJECTIVE
The objective of the SMARTPLANT project is the development of a compact, autonomous and specific digitalization system for the sole of the foot that guarantees the obtaining of its geometry with sufficient resolution to allow the construction of adapted insoles, both for the improvement of comfort and, if necessary, for the treatment of injuries, postural corrections or any other treatment prescribed by the expert podiatrist.
EXPECTED RESULTS
The development of a device that has the appropriate functionalities to obtain the precise digital information that allows the prescription or manufacture of anatomical or orthopedic insoles; therefore, it must allow the digitization of both the user’s actual plantar and possible molds obtained by different techniques: plaster, phenolic foam and even previous insoles.
The system will also have sufficient computing capacity to carry out the digitization and reconstruction process autonomously. It will integrate the necessary connectivity to communicate with it from any device through a web interface.
Finally, the minimization of the dimensions of the device will facilitate its portability to allow digitization outside clinical/health facilities (even at the patient’s home) and its usability by users/patients with reduced mobility problems.
PROJECT EXECUTION PERIOD
Start date: 01/06/2023
End date: 17/04/2024
The SMARTPLANT project contributes to the SDGs:
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