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Portable, Non-Contact, Quantitative, Physiology and Health Assessment Imaging System

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Health Agency
Contract: W81XWH18C0141
Agency Tracking Number: H2-0353
Amount: $476,149.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: DHP16C-005
Solicitation Number: 16.C
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2016
Award Year: 2018
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2018-09-24
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2021-02-23
Small Business Information
P.O. Box 81368
Wellesley, MA 02481
United States
DUNS: 883404931
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 James T Daly
 Program Manager
 (617) 795-1968
 jdaly@bodkindesign.com
Business Contact
 Andrew Bodkin
Phone: (617) 795-1968
Email: wab@bodkindesign.com
Research Institution
 Shriner's Hospital for Children - Boston
 Dr. Korkut Uygun Dr. Korkut Uygun
 
51 Blossom St.
Boston, MA 02114
United States

 (617) 371-4881
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

Accurate assessment of burn depth and surface area are important to clinical decision-making regarding treatment. Initial assessment determines fluid requirements and transportation decisions to distant-care facilities. The clinician must determine if the wound will heal itself or whether excision and grafting are necessary for optimal wound healing. The standard of care remains visual inspection which is both subjective and highly variable. In the absence of an experienced burn specialist, it is critical to have tools capable of quantitative assessment of burn severity and extent as well as healing progress. There is a compelling DoD need for a portable, non-contact imaging device that can be easily used for burn assessment by clinicians in the field. The device must image a large area (i.e. limb) and account for surface curvature, lighting, motion, and variation in skin architecture/tone. Usability of the device is paramount so that a non-expert with minimal training can implement it quickly. Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) and our partner, Shriner’s Hospital for Children-Boston, propose to demonstrate a portable tablet display, which when held over the patient’s wound, quantitatively assesses oxygenated and de-oxygenated hemoglobin, tissue oxygenation, burn depth, and surface area with real-time display maps.

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