| Developers: | NRNU MEPhI - National Research Nuclear University MEPhI |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | 2025/04/02 |
| Branches: | Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare |
2025: Introduction of Orthopaedic Steles for Diabetic Patients
Novouralsky Technological Institute of NRNU MEPhI, together with the Novouralsky branch of the Sverdlovsk Regional Medical College, began implementing a project to manufacture individual orthopedic steles for patients with diabetes. The university announced this on April 2, 2025.
In Novouralsk (Sverdlovsk region), more than 4,500 residents live with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, this disease is often accompanied by trophic foot disorders with loss of sensitivity, ulcers and further necrosis of the limbs, which leads to amputation in almost half of patients. The Novouralsky branch of the Sverdlovsk Regional Medical College, together with the Novouralsky Technological Institute, are developing a technology for the individual manufacture of an orthopedic diabetic insole, which will help patients with diabetes mellitus and speed up the healing of the damaged foot.
The production of the diabetic insole takes place in several stages. The first is to take a cast of the patient's foot, this process takes only 3-5 minutes. The mold is filled with an elastic composition and coated with a film to maintain sterility. The impression of the feet is taken under the influence of the patient's own weight, while the soft tissues deform and take such a shape as to evenly distribute the load on the entire surface of the foot. Then the doctor takes a photo of the patient's feet to fix the affected areas. The obtained materials are sent to the laboratory of additive technologies.
 | Our laboratory is equipped with equipment and software products that allow you to quickly create three-dimensional models of any object. First, we scan the foot cast, then edit the digital model, performing depressions at the sites of foot damage. Then we print the insoles on a 3D printer. The process of printing one set of racks takes about two hours. " Thus, patients with diabetes mellitus can get individual orthopedic insoles for as little as one day. said Boris Gupalov, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, NTI.
|  |
| The site content is translated by machine translation software powered by PROMT. The machine-translated articles are not always perfect and may contain errors in vocabulary, syntax or grammar. Read original article If you find inaccuracies or errors in the results of machine translation, please write to editor@tadviser.ru. We will make every effort to correct them as soon as possible. |