{"id":9235,"date":"2026-10-20T16:18:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/?p=9235"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:18:52","slug":"salbis-project-3d-footcare-receives-support-from-the-la-caixa-foundation-to-advance-diabetic-foot-ulcer-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/2026\/10\/20\/salbis-project-3d-footcare-receives-support-from-the-la-caixa-foundation-to-advance-diabetic-foot-ulcer-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"SALBIS project 3D-FootCare receives support from the \u201dla Caixa\u201d Foundation to advance diabetic foot ulcer prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Led by Raquel Leir\u00f3s at the University of Le\u00f3n, the project has been awarded \u20ac23,250 through the 2026 CaixaImpulse Health Innovation call to advance the development of personalised, 3D-printed foot orthoses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SALBIS research group at the University of Le\u00f3n is advancing personalised approaches to diabetic foot care through 3D-FootCare<\/strong>, a project selected in the \u201dla Caixa\u201d Foundation\u2019s 2026 CaixaImpulse Health Innovation call.<\/p>\n

Led by researcher Raquel Leir\u00f3s<\/strong>, the initiative has received \u20ac23,250<\/strong> to help bring the technology closer to future clinical use.<\/p>\n

Technology tailored to each patient<\/h3>\n

3D-FootCare aims to develop personalised foot support devices\u2014insoles or foot orthoses\u2014using 3D printing to help prevent diabetic foot ulcers and related complications.<\/p>\n

The project combines biomechanical assessment, digital design and additive manufacturing to tailor each device to the individual\u2019s needs. This approach seeks to redistribute pressure across the sole of the foot and improve comfort.<\/p>\n

The ultimate goal is to develop solutions that could help protect the feet of people living with diabetes and support their mobility, independence and quality of life. The devices\u2019 ability to reduce complications will need to be established through further validation.<\/p>\n

From research to clinical practice<\/h3>\n

Following promising initial results, the project is progressing through further validation and regulatory preparation, essential steps towards potential clinical implementation.<\/p>\n

CaixaImpulse support will help advance this process and the translation of research conducted at the University of Le\u00f3n into solutions with potential value for patients and healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n

Supporting innovation in health<\/h3>\n

The CaixaImpulse Health Innovation programme, promoted by the \u201dla Caixa\u201d Foundation in collaboration with Criteria Bio Ventures, supports the translation of scientific knowledge into products, services and businesses that can improve health.<\/p>\n

In the 2026 call, 30 projects were selected from 449 applications<\/strong>: 24 led by Spanish institutions and six by Portuguese institutions.<\/p>\n

The selection of 3D-FootCare reinforces SALBIS\u2019s commitment to addressing people\u2019s health needs through research and translating its findings into healthcare applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Led by Raquel Leir\u00f3s at the University of Le\u00f3n, the project has been awarded \u20ac23,250 through the 2026 CaixaImpulse Health Innovation call to advance the development of personalised, 3D-printed foot orthoses. The SALBIS research group at the University of Le\u00f3n is advancing personalised approaches to diabetic foot care through 3D-FootCare, a project selected in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XXcd-2oX","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/logo-fundacion-la-caixa_955x130.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9238,"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9235\/revisions\/9238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salbis.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}