System and method for screening a patient's foot

A foot screening system configured to aid in a screening of a distal portion of a lower extremity, including a plantar surface of a foot of a user for skin disturbances, wounds, ulcers, and other signs of disease, with a distal portion of the lower extremity of the user being supported on a lower extremity stabilization structure during the screening, the foot screening system comprising:

• a camera stabilizer platform configured to support a mobile computing device at a desired angle and distance from the lower extremity stabilization structure;
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• a screening assist program configured to operate on a mobile computing device having a user interface, the screening assist program being configured for:
• activating the screening assist program on the user interface after which the mobile computing device is positioned on the camera stabilizer platform;
• accepting an initiation command consisting of at least one of a voice command, an auditory signal, a Bluetooth remote signal, or a Wi-Fi signal to remotely initiate a capture of one or more digital images of the lower extremity of the user by the mobile computing device;
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• storing the one or more digital images in a database accessible for visual comparison of the one or more digital images to previous images of the lower extremity of the user.

A method of screening a plantar surface of a foot of a user for skin disturbances, wounds, ulcers, and other signs of disease, the method comprising:

• positioning a distal portion of a lower extremity of the user on a foot platform;
• providing a remote initiation command consisting of at least one of a voice command, an auditory signal, a Bluetooth remote signal, or a Wi-Fi signal to an imaging source positioned at at least one of on or in a camera stabilization platform operably coupled to the foot platform to initiate a capture of one or more digital images of a plantar surface of a foot of the user;
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• storing the one or more digital images in a database that may be accessed for comparison of the one or more digital images to previous images of the plantar surface of the foot of the patient or for further review by a clinician.

A foot screening system configured to aid in screening a plantar surface of a foot of a user for skin disturbances, wounds, ulcers, and other signs of disease, the foot screening system comprising:

• a foot platform including a foot contacting structure on a top surface of the foot platform adapted to support a foot of the user a distance above the top surface of the foot platform;
• a camera stabilizer platform including an angularly adjustable support surface configured to selectively support a mobile computing device at a desired angle relative to a horizontal frame of reference and an adjustable extension mechanism operably coupled to the foot platform and configured to selectively position the camera stabilizer platform at a desired distance from the foot platform;
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• a screening assist program configured to operate on a user interface of the mobile computing device, the screening assist program being configured to:
• activate the screening assist program on the user interface;
• provide instructions to position the mobile computing device on the camera stabilizer platform and the foot of the user on the foot platform and to make any adjustments of the desired angle and desired distance of camera stabilizer platform relative to the foot platform based in part on an image of the foot of the user as imaged by at least one camera in the mobile computing device;
• accept an initiation command consisting of at least one of a voice command, an auditory signal, a Bluetooth remote signal, or a Wi-Fi signal to remotely initiate a capture of one or more digital images of the foot of the user by the mobile computing device;
• provide instructions to retrieve the mobile computing device from the camera stabilizer platform;
• store the one or more digital images in a database accessible for comparison of the one or more digital images to previous images of the foot of the user;
• display the one or more digital images on the user interface for review, augmentation or annotation of the one or more digital images to be input and stored as observational data, annotation data, additional images or additional data associated with the one or more digital images in the database.