Limb volume accommodation in people with limb amputation

A prosthetic sock monitoring system comprising:

• a storage device;
• and
• a data collection unit operable to:
• receive data from at least one sensor coupled to a prosthetic sock that is wearable by a patient and
• store the received data in the storage device;
• wherein the received data includes one or more of:
• an identifier identifying one or more characteristics of the prosthetic sock, and force data indicating an amount of force applied to a region of the prosthetic sock;
• and
• wherein the data collection unit is further operable to identify a prosthetic sock and determine whether the identified prosthetic sock is currently being worn by the patient.

A prosthetic sock monitoring system comprising:

• a storage device;
• and
• a data collection unit operable to:
• receive data from at least one sensor coupled to a prosthetic sock that is wearable by a patient and
• store the received data in the storage device;
• wherein the received data includes one or more of:
• an identifier identifying one or more characteristics of the prosthetic sock, and force data indicating an amount of force applied to a region of the prosthetic sock;
• and
• an energy harvesting unit operable to generate energy and provide the generated energy to one or more elements of the data collection unit.

A tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the computer to perform operations including:

• receiving, from a prosthetic sock monitoring system, information indicating one or more identifying characteristics of at least one prosthetic sock worn by a patient associated with the prosthetic sock monitoring system, the one or more identifying characteristics configured to distinguish the prosthetic sock from other prosthetic socks;
• receiving the information over a time frame;
• storing the received data in a storage element coupled to the computer;
• processing the received data to generate sock usage data indicating the usage of one or more prosthetic socks by the patient over at least a portion of the time frame;
• and
• causing the generated sock usage data to be displayed on a display device.

A tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the computer to perform operations including:

• receiving, from a prosthetic sock monitoring system, one or more of:
• information indicating one or more characteristics of at least one prosthetic sock worn by a patient associated with the prosthetic sock monitoring system and indicating a time frame associated with the one or more characteristics;
• and
• information indicating an amount of force applied to a force sensing device coupled to a prosthetic sock worn by a patient associated with the prosthetic sock monitoring system and indicating a time frame associated with the amount of force applied to the force sensing device;
• storing the received data in a storage element coupled to the computer;
• processing the received data to generate sock usage data indicating the usage of one or more prosthetic socks by the patient over at least a portion of the time frame;
• and
• causing the generated sock usage data to be displayed on a display device;
• and
• generating information defining a sock management strategy that indicates when a patient associated with the prosthetic sock monitoring system should don or doff a particular prosthetic sock selected from a plurality of different prosthetic socks.

A tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the computer to perform operations including:

• receiving, from a prosthetic sock monitoring system, one or more of:
• information indicating one or more characteristics of at least one prosthetic sock worn by a patient associated with the prosthetic sock monitoring system and indicating a time frame associated with the one or more characteristics;
• and
• information indicating an amount of force applied to a force sensing device coupled to a prosthetic sock worn by a patient associated with the prosthetic sock monitoring system and indicating a time frame associated with the amount of force applied to the force sensing device;
• storing the received data in a storage element coupled to the computer;
• processing the received data to generate sock usage data indicating the usage of one or more prosthetic socks by the patient over at least a portion of the time frame;
• and
• causing the generated sock usage data to be displayed on a display device;
• and
• receiving, from a plurality of prosthetic sock monitoring systems each associated with a unique patient, one or more of:
• sock usage data and information indicating an amount of force applied to a force sensing device coupled to a prosthetic sock worn by the patient.