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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.

Triton will design a nasopharyngeal airway device with novel insertion utilizing a secondary component to address soft palate collapse. This device will be easily usable by operators of varying skill levels and will provide more effective and reliable upper airway patency in unconscious patients than existing NPAs.

Triton Systems, Inc., an SBA Tibbetts Award Winner for Success in Commercializing SBIR derived technologies, will leverage expertise in microfluidics and medical device technologies to design and develop a wearable injector with two main goals: 1) to replace the combat wound medication packet (CWMP) in the individual first aid kit (IFAK) and 2) to develop an easy-to-use system for subcutaneously d ...

Tissue repair and wound closure have traditionally been performed using mechanical methods, which while necessary to bring the wound surfaces into apposition and provide sufficient strength to avoid dehiscence, are associated with a variety of downstream effects that can prove deleterious to the ultimate repair.  An alternative light-based approach called Photochemical Tissue Bonding (PTB) uses c ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), in collaboration with the University of Connecticut (UConn) including Dr. Robin Bogner, with expertise in pharmaceutical freeze drying, and Dr. Carolyn Teschke, with expertise in bacteriophage biology, proposes to develop a formulation and process for lyophilization, or freeze drying, of bacteriophages for improved stability to enable bacteriophage treatments in auste ...

Triton Systems Inc. (developer of medical devices and engineering systems, and an SBA Tibbetts Award Winner for Success in Commercializing SBIR derived technologies) proposes to design and develop the next generation of tourniquet for warfighters in potential prolonged care (PC), anti-access and area denial scenarios. Our device, the drug delivery tourniquet (DDT) can prevent exsanguination, displ ...

Hearing Protection Devices (HPDs) can prevent occupational hearing loss among military and civilian personnel by reducing noise exposure, but only if properly fitted. Unfortunately, current best practice for testing an HPD’s fit is both time-consuming and labor-intensive. Traditionally, the only way to ensure proper fit of hearing protection is to perform a Real Ear Attenuation Threshold (REAT) ...

Physical Sciences Inc., in collaboration with Tufts University and Massachusetts Eye and Ear, proposes to explore the use of an advanced multimodal optical imaging technology for diagnosing olfactory dysfunction (OD). OD is a significant threat factor in the modern military due to frequent exposure to harmful inhalational environments in various military settings. In addition, COVID-19 has caused ...

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.