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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), more commonly known as concussion, is well reported in both civilian and military literature, and has gained significant public attention due to recent conflicts in the Middle East and the extensive media coverage on the dangers of sports related head trauma. The Army has identified the need to develop a simple, easy-to-use, portable screening device to assess m ...

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

Intraocular surgery is usually performed under stereoscopic guidance using a surgical microscope. The surgeon is usually able to see intraocular structures through a clear cornea. However, when the optical clarity of the cornea is severely compromised, visualization of the retina and other intraocular structures is very difficult or impossible. Poor visualization of intraocular structures during s ...

One of the most common military injuries are musculoskeletal injuries (MSI), which inflicts thousands of individuals through combat and occupational risks. These injuries to the upper limb 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 actuation to ...

On-demand cell and tissue samples are critical for both mass trauma care and advanced personalized medical procedures and continue to grow in importance. Biological tissue banks to support these on-demand applications lack safe and effective long-term storage methods. Current cryopreservation techniques and protocols use toxic cryoprotective agents that prevent successful full viability recovery o ...

Ocular injuries have constituted approximately 13% of all casualties from Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom. Of 76 patients that sustained open globe injuries and underwent surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to restore vision, 38% ultimately went blind.In many cases, severely scarred corneas preclude adequately visualizing the retina and other intraocular structures to ...

The focus of this effort is to enable the deployment of patient-centric and context-aware networked medical systems. Securing medical device communications is a foundational requirement before the Medical Internet of Things can become a reality. Devices and applications need to be provisioned with certified credentials; they need to discover each other through a secure discovery process; and mecha ...

Incidences of infectious disease pose serious threats to armed forces worldwide, risking the success of critical operations and the deaths of Warfighters. Approaches exist to reduce severity of disease impact to operational forces by detecting, monitoring, and treating infected personnel after exposure, but this does not effectively maintain and sustain force health. Force medical personnel need s ...

VecTOR Test Systems, Inc. will develop assay for rapid detection of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks in a field setting. In Phase I prototype assays to detect Borrelia burgdorferi were developed that met Phase I objectives. The development work will continue in Phase II in which the assay with the required sensitivity and specificity will be completed and evaluated in the la ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America and one of the fast-growing infectious diseases in the United States.An inexpensive, portable and accurate diagnostic device for the detection of Borrelia bacteria in the deer tick will be developed.The diagnostic device will consist of an efficient extractor for disrupting the hard exoskeleton on the tick, an ultra-sensitive late ...