Technology (background):
Detecting diabetic neuropathy has been an issue for years. Currently physicians utilize cumbersome tuning forks to test patients for this condition. Because most physicians only carry a stethoscope with them, cumbersome tuning forks are usually not readily available.

Within the healthcare industry, most doctors are overloaded, and are hurried to treat as many patients as possible. Thus, when a patient comes in with diabetes, they are not always tested for neuropathy.

Technology (state-of-the-art):
Unfortunately, diabetic neuropathy is a devastating disorder (more), and if not caught in early stages, can cause many serious complications. The state-of-the-art method for detecting neuropathy is by using the aforementioned tuning forks. By sending vibrations into a patient's extremities, a physician is able to find out if the patient can sense the vibrations. Since tuning forks, an instrument more appropriate within the music industry, are used, there is an obvious margin for diagnostic error.

Technology (vibrameter):
Despite the use of tuning forks to diagnose neuropathy in diabetic patients, there is another device, called a vibrameter. This device is a little less cumbersome than a tuning fork, and is more accurate, however, this device is not available in general care facilities. In fact, the owners of DDI have never seen a real vibrameter.

Vibrameters, although more accurate, are costly, and unfortunately are not available in the market. Additionally, as a stand-alone-device, they do not solve one of the key problems with the tuning forks - that of ease-of-use. With the vibrameter, the physician still needs to carry around a separate device.

What DDI offers : The founders of DDI have created a device that solves both of the problems of the tuning fork and the vibrameter. This device integrates with cellular phones, PDA's, pagers and PDA cell phone devices. By utilizing the existing vibration function of these items, which many physicians already carry, the founders of DDI have integrated a simple device that can provide simple and accurate diagnosis of neuropathy.

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