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Loss of balance and associated falls are a significant problem following lower limb trauma and/or loss in both Warfighters and civilians. Over half of lower extremity amputees report falling in the past year and 66% of above-knee amputees fall annually, twice the rate of able-bodied elderly adults. Impaired balance and fear of falling commonly leads to decreased activity levels, participation in s ...

ATCorp’s Reliable Medical Information Delivery in DIL environments (ReMIDe) provides resilient networking for continuous Electronic Medical Records (EMR) operations in severely limited communications environments. ReMIDe addresses two major limitations of current approaches: 1) inability of medical information delivery systems to provide timely bi-directional synchronization of patient care info ...

The company has developed a silk-derived protein (SDP) for use as a novel ophthalmic formulation excipient that will help to treat the ocular injuries and dry eye pathology that affects over 40 million Americans annually and hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The SDP excipient is designed to enhance tear formulation comfort, longevity, and overall ocular health. This proposal builds on the ...

The Defense Health Agency has identified the need for an advanced computing and networking capability to support unfettered operation of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems in delayed/disconnected, intermittently-connected, low-bandwidth (DIL) enviro

The objective of this proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of producing molded polyurethane viscoelastic foam ear seals with an integral skin, that we call Contoured Foam Pads (CFPs). These CFPs will have a surface profile that has targeted conformability around obstacles that results in an improved acoustic seal around eyeglasses from the military Approved Protective Eyewear List (APEL) and ...

Wearable devices have grown to meet the demand for continuous, noninvasive vital signs monitoring in the military and civilian health care markets.These devices have largely excluded pulse oximetry because non-traditional sites, such as the chest, arm and legs, pose a challenge. We have previously demonstrated the ability to accurately monitor pulse oximetry on the chest, arms and calf.This projec ...

NAPP is a 3rd person 3D role-playing adventure gaming app built for Android and iOS platforms. NAPP integrates real-world data from current health management systems and offers interactive feedback about own behaviors as part of an engaging game storyline. The game integrates evidence-based psychological theories of behavioral change and provides individually tailored feedback. Sleep hygiene knowl ...

Health Delivery Organizations (HDOs), including the Military Health System, are increasingly using networked medical devices to benefit from improved information accuracy, lowered costs, and improved patient outcomes. These benefits, however, are threatened by the security risks posed by the interactions between the networked devices, and their connection to IT systems which are at risk of cyber a ...

Health Delivery Organizations, including the Military Health System, are increasingly using networked medical devices to benefit from improved information accuracy, lowered costs, and improved patient outcomes. These benefits, however, are threatened by the security risks posed by the interactions between the networked devices, and their connection to IT systems which are at risk of cyber attack. ...

NAPP (Nighttime Alleviation Play & Practice) is a mHealth gaming application designed to address the gap between good intentions and actual behavioral outcomes with regard to sleep hygiene. Insomnia is a widespread problem that has many serious psychological, social and economic consequences. Sleep hygiene is an effective way to improve insomnia and refers to a specific set of behaviors related to ...