Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatment Device Using Peltier and Embedded Electronics

Abstract

Abstract People’s degrading lifestyle reflects their health graphs and occurrence of different disease in their bodies. With different food habits and exercise patterns the endurance capacity of the body changes. Foot ulcer is a disease quite common today among Indians around. The foot ulcer creates a threat to the movement for human beings. It is a deep infected sore or damage in the foot sole commonly caused by nerve/skin damage. Several infections in the foot may also result in leg amputations. Foot ulcer is very common among diabetic patients. India is the country with the highest number of diabetics worldwide. Over 3 million people are infected with diabetes which is a big number to worry about. The CPR (Crude Prevalence Rate) for cities is around 9% of the population whereas in village areas the occurrence is around 3 percent [1]. Though the foot ulcer prevalence of diabetic patients in India is 3% which looks small but it is a big number. Our proposal is an embedded system innovation to develop a foot ulcer treatment system. It deals with the combined approach to embedded electronics and biomedical engineering to overcome the situation. We create a footrest equipped with Peltier, vibrator, and UV rays to overcome the issue. It is the first of its kind foot ulcer treatment equipment that can solve the issue. We also used the android technology to provide the vocal user interface to help the user. Clear instructions are displayed and spoken upon usage to the patients. The result obtained on the patients are highly acceptable and recommended for both urban and rural populations. The Atmega 328 P PU microcontroller is interfaced with the HC-05 Bluetooth and Vibrators through Relays to perform the task. The microcontroller acts as the overall think-tank to control and coordinate the overall system.