There is a growing need to better monitor neuromuscular blockage during and immediately after anesthesia. experts state that the only reliable method of monitoring neuromuscular function is by stimulating a peripheral nerve and measuring the evoked response of a skeletal muscle. neuromuscular… More

Fetal monitoring is useful in assessing the progress of labor and for detection of preterm labor, a leading cause of fetal mortality and morbidity. commercially available sensors for monitoring intrauterine contractions use cumbersome belts and large and bulky sensors which are uncomforatable and… More

Thermal dilution is by far the most common method of measuring cardiac output. Over onemillion thermodilution pulmonary artery catheters are used each year in the U.S. We have appliedartificial neural networks to improve the accuracy of the thermal dilution cardiac output measurementand allow using… More

Not Available The life safety problems in post-crash aircraft fire scenarios are particularly complex, as one needs to address a number of critical issues: high environment temperatures, high radiative heat fluxes, flammability of the polymeric cabin materials, toxici

This project develops a display for visually representing physiologic data, to enhance a non-physician astronaut's ability to assess, comprehend and rapidly stabilize an injured crewmember's vital signs. With longer duration missions further from earth involving more dangerous activities, the need… More

We plan to develop and refine a device (Basic Life Support System, BLSS) and a just-in-time training procedure for a flight crewmember who must administer cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In Phase I, we developed a computerized graphical display for CPR procedures. Volunteers using the display… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this project is to develop and test display technology that will aid anesthesiologists in diagnosing and treating unexpected events. Unexpected events occur during 30% of all anesthesia cases. Thirty percent of these events have a significant… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): When general anesthesia is administered, anesthetics in the form of vapors are delivered to a patient in 1% to 5% concentrations. Once the surgical procedure has been completed and anesthesia is no longer administered, blood carries the inhaled anesthetic from… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): After surgery patients are transferred to a post anesthesia care unit to fully recover from anesthesia. There is a much higher chance of an adverse clinical event occurring during this recovery time (24%) than in the op erating room because patients are not as… More