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The primary objective is to develop a commercially-viable prototype of the slope adaptive prosthesis design and to iteratively improve the design based on ISO standards testing and rigorous use in human subject field trials. The proposed work will build upon knowledge gained in Phase I of the project, which established feasibility for this design approach in a lightweight, passive hydraulic foot-a ...

Providing Army combat medics with meaningful experience in treatment of battlefield injuries is a particular challenge. Moulage has the potential to assist in acquiring what could otherwise be very hard-to-come-by preparatory experience for distressing real-life emergencies medics and soldiers may encounter in the field. However, current approaches to moulage are limited in their ability to reflec ...

Traumatic injuries account for 30% of all life years lost in the US and is the leading cause of death for people under 46 years of age. Uncontrolled bleeding or hemorrhage constitute 30-40% of trauma related deaths and are considered to be a major cause o