Peacocks Medical Group
Optimised pads for foot orthoses (OPFO)
- Funding £75,840
- Competition Diabetic Foot Ulcer
- Competition Date Autumn 2014
- Local AHSN North East & North Cumbria AHSN
- Website http://www.peacocks.net/
- Key Contact Dr Jari Pallari
- Status In Development
- Pathways Diabetes
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Technology Medical Devices
Foot orthoses (FO) are commonly used to reduce plantar pressure in diabetic feet. Peacock Medical Group’s project addresses the design and finite element optimisation of new kinds of FOs directly from 3D scan data and pressure measurements. The FOs would be manufactured directly via additive manufacturing (3D printing) utilising the design freedoms disruptive manufacturing processes provide.
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