StrideAide inaugurates D-PoC at IISc for diabetic foot complications

StrideAide, an AI powered health tech innovator, has inaugurated the StrideAide Digital Podiatry Clinic (D-PoC) at the IISc Health Centre, technology-enabled preventive foot care for people with diabetes and those at high risk for developing diabetes.

The clinic was inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.

The Digital Podiatry Clinic (D-PoC) is designed to transform podiatric healthcare by enabling early detection of neuropathy, vascular insufficiency, and abnormal pressure points among diabetic and high risk patients. The clinic integrates multiple diagnostic devices that assess different modalities of the diabetic foot, including plantar pressure, neuropathy, and vascular parameters. These inputs are consolidated through StrideAide’s proprietary software platform, which applies AI driven algorithms for risk stratification and automated clinical reporting. The core objective of the D-PoC is to prevent diabetic foot ulcers, infections, and amputations through standardised screening and structured digital workflows. Each D-PoC unit has the capacity to screen 30-40 patients per day and can potentially screen more than 10,000 diabetics annually at a district hospital level, supporting scalable deployment across secondary and tertiary healthcare settings.

Dr Pavan Belehalli, Founder-Director, StrideAide, said, “The StrideAide Digital Podiatry Clinic represents a shift from reactive treatment to preventive care in diabetic foot management. By combining clinical insight with smart engineering and AI driven analytics, we are enabling early risk identification at the point of care. Our collaboration with IISc ensures that this model is not only clinically robust but also scalable and affordable for India’s public health system.”

The D-PoC model follows a plug-and-play deployment approach that enables rapid scaling across diverse healthcare institutions. With the ongoing integration of StrideGPT, an AI driven question and answer support system for clinicians and patients, the clinic aims to strengthen preventive foot care while reducing the socioeconomic burden associated with diabetic foot complications. The initiative also reinforces academia-industry collaboration, particularly with IISc through its BeST Cluster ecosystem, supporting smart engineering, predictive analytics, and clinical validation.

“Diabetic foot complications remain one of the most underestimated contributors to disability and healthcare costs. Through the Digital Podiatry Clinic initiative, we aim to empower clinicians with reliable screening tools and structured data, enabling timely intervention and significantly reducing avoidable amputations,” said Dr Sanjay Sharma, Co-Founder, StrideAide.

IISc has played a critical role as a research and innovation partner in the development of the D-PoC model. The clinic is built on smart engineering, predictive analytics, and clinical validation supported by IISc faculty members and the BeST Cluster ecosystem. Prof. G. K. Ananthasuresh, Advisor to the D-PoC initiative, has played an instrumental role in shaping its engineering and clinical framework.

Prof G. K. Ananthasuresh, Shriram Group RT Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering at IISc, said, “D-PoC provides valuable data with which digital twin models of an individual’s foot can be constructed using the principles of mechanics and AI algorithms. This will enable predictive analytics and help design customised dynamic offloading footwear to prevent and manage diabetic foot ulcers and other foot ailments. It is a great partnership between podiatrists and engineering researchers to bring about innovations in digital foot care with help from the BeST Cluster and funding agencies.”