Smart Insoles Built to Last: 7 Million Steps and Counting

stappone smart insoles are built to last: we’ve tested them for more than 7 million steps. And for patients, that number means something very personal.

Picture this. It’s week eight of your rehabilitation after knee surgery. You walk a few steps across the clinic in your own shoes, and your therapist turns the tablet toward you. On one side: your first walk, eight weeks ago, with your weight piling onto one leg. On the other: today. Almost even. You see it, and you feel it. All that hard work is paying off.

That moment only works if the tool measuring you is just as reliable in week eight as it was on day one.

Why many pressure sensors wear out

Your foot doesn’t just press down when you walk. With every step, it rolls, pushes off and slides ever so slightly inside your shoe. You never notice it. But a sensor under your foot feels all of it.

Most pressure-measuring insoles use foil-printed sensors, the same kind of technology you’ll find inside a computer keyboard. In a keyboard, they work perfectly. Under a walking foot, the constant sideways rubbing slowly wears the printed layer away. Once it’s gone, the sensor can’t measure anymore.

Made of fabric, made to last

Our smart insoles take a different approach. They use patented textile pressure sensors, built to handle bending, rubbing and twisting.

“If you do that with a foil printed sensor, you can throw it away. With ours, it just doesn’t matter,” says stappone CEO Peter Krimmer.

Those more than 7 million steps make our sensors 50 times more durable than standard foil pressure sensors. For you, that means one simple thing: the progress you see is real progress.

Step after step after step: tested for more than 7 million of them.

Nothing to think about

No boxes strapped to your ankle. No cables running up your leg. Just your own shoes, with a thin insole slipped inside. Everything that measures your steps sits inside our smart insoles, so you can simply walk the way you always do.

Charging is just as easy. “You just put a charger on the insole, and you don’t really have to think about anything else. You don’t even have to remove the insole from the shoe,” says Peter Krimmer.

Good to know: stappone smart insoles hold up to millions of steps, so you can trust the measurements from your first visit and your last, side by side.

Ready when you are

Your clinic keeps its insoles in one case, 12 sizes from EU 36 to 47 (about US 4 to 13). The case stores and charges every pair, so the right size is ready the moment you walk in. With the CE mark in Europe and registration with the U.S. FDA, stappone is ready for clinics on both sides of the Atlantic.

Every step counts

Recovery isn’t one big leap. It’s thousands of small steps, taken one after another, week after week. With stappone smart insoles, every one of them is measured, and every one of them counts.

Want to know if your clinic uses stappone, or would you like your therapist to try it? Fill out our contact form and we’ll be in touch.

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