compliance monitor to avoid draining the in-shoe
power cell during initialization and to ensure that
the compliance data can be uploaded regardless of
the status of the in-shoe power cell. Additionally, it is
necessary to develop an app on the PC that provides
the clinician with a convenient user-interface
for initializing the compliance monitor and for
uploading and using the recorded compliance data. REFERENCES:
Acknowledgements: This work was funded in part by
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A WAY TO DETERMINE THAT THE THERAPEUTIC SHOE IS BEING
WORN IS TO SENSE THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY THE PATIENT’S
FOOT ON THE INSOLE.
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