Pressure-monitoring stockings created to prevent diabetic wounds

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Würzburg, Germany have developed a pressure-monitoring stocking to help protect against wounds using an integrated sensor system. The stocking includes 40 very fine, dielectric elastometer sensors to measure compression loan and distribution for patients with diabetes.“Existing systems on the market measure the pressure distribution only on the bottom of the foot using shoe inserts. Our sensors are attached to the stocking’s sole, at the heel, the top of the foot and the ankle, so they can take readings in three dimensions,” Bernhard Brunner, PhD, Fraunhofer ISC research scientist, stated in a press release.