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Successful outcomes of patients prescribed with myoelectric prostheses are dependent upon a good basis of training and competence. The critical time for developing good myoelectric control habits is in the pre-prosthetic phase, between wound healing and prosthesis delivery. Training can and should continue after prosthesis delivery as well. Current myo-training devices rely on technologies that a ...

One of the most common of military injuries are musculoskeletal injuries (MSI), which inflicts thousands of individuals through combat and occupational risks. These injuries to the arms and hands require treatment, assistance, and rehabilitation for the afflicted individual. The proposed hand assist/rehab orthosis (HARO) is a low-profile, aesthetic, functional system that is able to provide actuat ...

Soldiers displaying symptoms of acute or chronic mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) need accurate, timely, in-theater assessment of symptoms. Often this initial assessment and diagnosis must be conducted by first-level responders who attempt to assess vestibular symptoms and are often present directly following a concussive event; however, these symptoms are often missed, not adequately evaluated, ...

The goal of this project to develop and demonstrate the value of a remediation-oriented cohort builder which enables the rapid translation of new population-based research results into patient-specific, actionable information for MHS clinicians, nurses and QA personnel at the point of care. Electronic delivery of patient-specific alerts, based on temporal analysis of the full medical record, has ...

Junctional and inguinal bleeding from battlefield injuries is a significant and challenging problem. Inventors have developed new types of tourniquets, including the Abdominal Aortic Tourniquet (AAT) and the Combat Ready Clamp (CRoC) to address these abdominal and pelvic injuries. While these hemorrhage control technologies have been developed, validated, and approved for use, training systems tha ...

The US Department of Defense requires antimicrobial textiles for integration with Soldier uniforms and in medical textiles to control bacterial growth. In the Phase I program, Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) developed a chemistry that will functionalize a broad range of fabrics with a novel antimicrobial dendrimer. The dendrimer provides a simple one-step textile process that chemically binds the ant ...

The military desires an improved trap to capture and hold arthropods that may carry disease causing pathogens. A continuous source of carbon dioxide is needed over an 8 hour period to attract flea and tick species that are subsequently trapped and held alive for five days. Ideally, the arthropod trap will be smaller than a 2"diameter by 4.5"cylindrical shape to fit into burrows while also weighing ...

The overall goal of this project, in response to SBIR topic DHP12-016, is to develop a novel easily deployed device to immediately treat severe facial burns in order to prevent infection and wound progression while the victim is en route to a medical facility. Prompt treatment in the first hours after a burn injury is essential to prevent ischemia, hyperemia and necrosis, which progressively enlar ...

War-fighters in forward combat settings are frequently exposed to concussive events (e.g., explosions, accidents, and falls), but resources for diagnosing mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) in these settings are limited. As such, soldiers with impaired cognitive states are often sent into combat situations, exposing them to unnecessary risk and increasing the likelihood of long-term health cons ...

Vivonics, Inc., together with clinical experts from the Mayo Clinic and the University of Utah proposes to develop a comprehensive diagnostic tool to detect and quantify mild brain injury (mTBI) in field applications using both visual evoked potentials (VEP) and non-invasive measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP). The combination of VEP and ICP measurement is likely to provide additional info ...