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Current practice for handling pre-hospital documentation is primarily paper based with several major limitations such as ease of loss or destruction, susceptibility to the environment, etc., which along with other factors have been identified as the reasons for the lack of pre-hospital care documentation. Moreover, the information related to care rendered by one unit (e.g., first responders at the ...

Commercial off the shelf (COTS) sequential samplers that pull contaminated air through thermal desorption (TD) sample tubes have many limitations that reduce their usefulness when they are used to measure volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air.In this SBIR Project TDA Research is developing an intelligent thermal desorption tube sequential sampler that can be used for VOC sampling in the workspa ...

Current strategies for the treatment of osteochondral injuries are ineffective and are associated with significant side effects. Microfracture techniques have demonstrated limited efficacy over long periods of time and are less effective for larger osteochondral defects. Osteochondral autograft transplants require harvesting from a donor site, which can lead to donor site morbidity. Further, while ...

A cryovial suitable for vaccine storage below -150 C, containing a septum to facilitate syringe preparation in the field does not exist, but is urgently needed for eukaryotic whole cell products. Sanaria PfSPZ Vaccine, consisting of radiation-attenuated whole Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (PfSPZ), has protected >90% of recipients against malaria in 5 clinical trials in the US, Europe and Afric ...

TDA Research, Inc. has designed and tested new sorbents thatcan improvethe performance of a commercial dosimeter badge.We demonstrated that our sorbent works well with eight differentclasses ofcontaminants specified by the DoD, five of which were previously not analyzable. Novel TDA sorbents wereexposed to known concentrations of toxicsubstances, the amounts thatcould beextracted from each sorbent ...

Advancements in body armorcombined with bettercombatcasualty care havegreatly increased thesurvival rate ofsoldiers suffering battlefield trauma injuries. Theincreased survivability, however, has resulted in an increase of wounded warriors beingsent home with severe injuries that ultimately reducetheir quality of life post-treatment,especially those with severe damageto genitourinary tissues and o ...

In this topic, we plan to design a vital EMF sensor to work under any conditions. The sensor will be integrated with smart clothing and using e-textile materials.

Hyperkalemia continues to be a concern when treatingcombatcasualties.Like other stabilizinginterventions such as damagecontrol resuscitation,“Bridge Dialysis”is needed to improvethesurvival of patients with post-traumatic acutekidney injury. Unfortunately,current hemodialysis systems (includingthe new home ones) are bulky. TDA Research, Inc(TDA), in collaboration with University of Alabama, Bi ...

The Department of Defenseisconcerned about adverseeffects ofcircadian rhythm misalignment on sleep hygiene and well-being ofservice members and veterans who suffer from symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Intelligent Automation, Inc., University of Central Florida RESTORES center and Raytheon IDS, proposeto develop PTSD SleepAid, an end-to-end sleep treatment system that monitors an ...

Accurateintravascularvolumeassessment improves the detection of hemorrhageand hypovolemiaand facilitates decision-makingrelativeto resuscitation,surgery,and selection of higher level ofmedical care. Non-invasiveassessment techniquesare particularly important in thefield. Currentapproachesand devices do not have broad utilityand availability. Duringthe PhaseIeffort, the project team developed alow- ...