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There are several current and imminent orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) fitting scenarios that would greatly benefit from the ability to wirelessly collect and transmit physiological information from the user. Both upper- and lower- limb O&P fittings that: 1) use osseointegration, 2) have cable management issues, and 3) could benefit from physiological information from locations proximal to the prost ...

Rodents serve as models for the human brain and behavior, and their calls give researchers a window into their mood. Unfortunately, rodent calls are ultrasonic, so a researcher must record a test and then play the audio back at a slower speed to manually categorize and count calls. Software does exist to accomplish this task, but it does not have the ease of use or accuracy that researchers want. ...

In order to meet Defense Health Agencys need for anatomically correct, self-healing, synthetic tissues for surgical training, ChromoLogic proposes to develop synthetically formulated anatomically correct tissues (SYNFACT). Surgical training models will b

Individuals with amputation are often provided with prostheses that are expensive to make and unintuitive to control, with limited time in the occupational therapy clinic to learn how to best use the device.The goal of this work is to develop an afford

Rugged, comfortable and reliable physiological monitoring systems are required to allow military commanders and medical personnel to assess the basic health and readiness of the warfighter. Direct monitoring of the health and status of individual warfight

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 ...

The main objective of this Phase II SBIR project is to evaluate a number of different self-healing tissue compositions suitable for incorporation into surgical training models.Successful implementation of Phase I formulations will be extended to a wider

It is generally recognized that the human body transmits electro-magnetic fields (EMF). The Phase I program demonstrated a practical solution to detect these emissions. The technology was shown to be compatible for integration into wearable textiles. The Phase 2 program will focus on demonstrating the capability of discriminating between healthy and injury related EMF emissions such that it can be ...

Military and civilian medical personnel across all echelons of medical care play a critical role in evaluating, caring for, and treating Warfighters. Accurate medical documentation is critical to effective, coordinated care. Despite advances in medical care technology, producing documentation remains a time-consuming, complex, and error prone task. To address this issue, we propose to demonstrate ...

In order to meet the Defense Health Agencys need for addressing the prevention of secondary brain injury from moderate, severe and penetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI), ChromoLogic proposes to develop a cerebral trauma recovery (CereTRec) drug delivery system. In particular, CereTRec aims to treat TBI during prolonged field care (PFC) to stabilize casualties who sustain a moderate-severe TBI.I ...