System and method for optimizing the foot partial weight loading feedback and deep vein thrombosis prevention

A postop shoe for monitoring an injured limb of a patient, the postop shoe comprising:

• a sole;
• a pressure sensor mounted to the sole;
• a NIRS sensor mounted to the sole;
• a central processor mounted to the shoe, the central processor including a dataset module storing a clinical dataset of oxygen saturation and a predetermined weight, the central processor in communication with the pressure sensor to receive weight data and in communication with the NIRS sensor to receive oxygen concentration data, the central processor configured to compare the weight data to the predetermined weight and the oxygen concentration data to the clinical dataset of oxygen saturation.

A method for monitoring a patient's injured limb following surgery or other injury with a postop shoe system having a central processor with a dataset module storing a clinical dataset of oxygen saturation including a predetermined normal oxygen saturation, a first predetermined weight and a second predetermined weight and a postop shoe with a sole, a pressure sensor and a NIRS sensor, the method comprising:

• receiving initial weight data from the pressure sensor at the central processor;
• receiving initial oxygen concentration data from the NIRS sensor at the central processor;
• comparing the weight data to a predetermined weight with the central processor;
• receiving second weight data from the pressure sensor following a predetermined period;
• comparing the second weight data to the second predetermined weight, the second predetermined weight being greater than the first predetermined weight.