Self-Charging, Medical-Grade Hospital-at-Home Insoles

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Convenience, ease-of-use and self-charging from user's or patient's steps are important to wearable technology, particularly when it comes to concealed smart insoles inside shoes, for several reasons:

1. Patient Experience: Wearable technology aims to improve users' lives by providing valuable insights and features while seamlessly integrating into their daily routines. By ensuring that the devices are easy to use, manufacturers can enhance the overall user experience, encourage consistent usage (i.e., more walking equals less battery recharging for the patient or patient's caregivers), and improve patient satisfaction.
2. Mass Adoption: When wearable technology is easy to use and maintain, it is more likely to be adopted by a broader range of users, including those with varying levels of technical proficiency. This wider acceptance helps to drive innovation and development in the industry.
3. Compliance and Data Accuracy: For wearable devices like concealed smart insoles that measure vital signs and body movements, ease-of-use plays a crucial role in ensuring that users consistently wear the device. Consistent use helps to improve data accuracy, which, in turn, ensures more reliable analysis and insights.
4. Minimal Disruption: Devices with self-charging capabilities minimize disruption in users' lives by eliminating the need for constant charging or battery replacements. For concealed smart insoles that use medical-grade, non-invasive optical sensors and motion and force sensors, and INVIZA's SmartPower ™ system that recharges the insoles' battery from patient's steps, this is particularly important, as the device's purpose is to remain unobtrusive while providing valuable health and movement data to hospital and telehealth physicians monitoring their patients at home.
5. Safety and Convenience: Self-charging capabilities, especially for wearables like smart insoles, reduce the risk of running out of battery during crucial moments, such as during a workout or in a medical emergency. Ensuring that the device is always operational and available provides both safety and convenience to users.
6. Environmental Impact: Self-charging wearables contribute to sustainability efforts by reducing the need for disposable batteries or frequent charging, ultimately reducing the carbon footprint and electronic waste generated by such devices. This is especially true for INVIZA's patent pending energy harvesting technology that utilizes environmentally friendly piezoelectric energy harvesting materials versus the industry go-to piezoelectric material that contains lead.  This will allow for market adoption in the European Union since their Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) restricts the use of lead in electronics.

In summary, ease-of-use and self-charging capabilities are essential for wearable technology, as they improve user experience, encourage mass adoption, ensure data accuracy, minimize disruption, provide safety and convenience, and have a positive environmental impact. These factors are particularly important for concealed smart insoles that use medical-grade sensors to monitor vital signs and body movements, as they aim to provide valuable insights without intruding on users' daily lives.

 Did you know that the average number of steps hospital workers take per day varies depending on their specific job roles and responsibilities?  According to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, hospital workers (excluding nurses) take an average of around 7,200-7,400 steps per day.  However, those who have physically demanding job duties and spend more time on their feet tend to have higher step counts than those with sedentary jobs.

As for nurses, the daily step count can also vary depending on their job responsibilities and the unit they work in.  A study published in the Journal of Nursing Administration found that nurses take an average of around 8,023 steps per day, which is higher than the general population's average.  Interestingly, nurses who work in units with more patient activity, such as the intensive care unit or the emergency department, tend to have higher step counts than those who work in units with less patient activity, such as medical-surgical units.