MIMOSA Diagnostics

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Most people think diabetes is a mild disease that can be controlled by watching your sugar intake or with medication. While this can be true, if diabetes is left untreated or isn’t properly managed it can lead to serious health complications like heart disease and nerve damage. Because of these complications, diabetics often lose feeling in their feet, and can develop deep open wounds (called “ulcers”) from a sock that rubs them the wrong way or a shoe that does not fit properly. They simply cannot tell that they have a problem until it is too late. Our technology can photograph wounds with near-infrared light, just beyond the range of human vision. Taking these photographs using different “colors” of light, we can see key molecules that indicate tissue health. Using this non-invasive technology, we can predict when an ulcer might be forming before it is visible to the naked eye.