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Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is a significant threat factor in the modern military due to frequent exposure to harmful inhalational environments in various military settings. During the pandemic, it has been observed that COVID-19 causes the sudden onset of OD and a significant increase in long-term OD. Although various olfactory tests have been used to diagnose OD, there is currently no reliable cl ...

Hearing is important to our physical and mental health. Within the Department of Defense (DOD), more than 200,000 service members have hearing impairment and close to 500,000 Veterans receive compensation for service-connected hearing loss. To protect personnel from hearing loss, DOD Instruction 6055.12 establishes requirements for Hearing Conservation Programs (HCPs). Under 6055.12, each DOD Comp ...

Triton Systems will design a sensor system capable of measuring, analyzing, and visualizing high-rate deformation of complex surfaces in 3 dimensions. This device will meet the needs of the DoD to accurately characterize surface response kinematics at the interface between the torso and a body armor system.

Triton Systems is developing a hardened portable dry EEG system integrated into flight system helmets to record and analyze physiological measurements of aircrew in flight without interference from environmental signals such as motion, vibration, and EMI reliably and interpretably. The device is lightweight, comfortable for long durations, and will meet requirements for flight certification.

The proposed program addresses the need to replace the combat wound medication packet (CWMP) with a wearable device capable of delivering treatment for the prevention of infection in a prolonged care setting. The ability to treat penetrating wounds with antibiotics before surgery will be a major hurdle in maintaining combat power. In response to this need, Triton Systems, Inc. has leveraged its ex ...

Dizziness is a common complaint, with about one third of the population experiencing dizziness at some point in their life. Vestibular rehabilitation targets vestibular adaptation and substitution for patients with vertigo and dizziness of vestibular origin. Unfortunately, vestibular rehabilitation requires specialized physical therapists who may not be accessible to service members or the general ...

Hearing protection devices (HPD) can prevent occupational hearing loss among military and civilian personnel by reducing noise exposure, but only if properly fitted. Current best practice HPD fit testing is time and labor intensive, requiring a real ear attenuation threshold (REAT) test in an audiometric booth. While commercially available systems exist that can test subjects outside an audiometry ...

Military service members are exposed to an array of challenging conditions and dangerous environments throughout their training and deployment that can result in musculoskeletal injuries. Ankle injuries, in particular, place a severe burden on force readiness given elevated risk to Soldier-Athletes, long durations of recovery, and the elevated risks of reinjury. Identifying ankle injuries and trac ...

Triton’s extreme cold weather medic trainer system will utilize a combination of physical manikin technology and mixed reality technology to enable training of military medics to diagnose and treat combat casualties and those resulting from extreme cold, to include frostbite and hypothermia, spanning from the point of injury through prolonged care at a forward surgical hospital.

The nature of military operations leads to high noise levels, exposing personnel to the possibility of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Individual hearing monitoring is conducted yearly, which can only provide a record of the progression of irreversible hearing loss with limited options for intervention and mitigation. Furthermore, there is limited data that links actual, real-world noise exposu ...