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GU injuries have been amplified as dismounted patrols have increased and frequent exposure to improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in recent conflicts. Penile injury incurred on the battle field increases the complication of performing replantation surgery. Generally, more time is required beyond the available 6 hours of biological time after dissection for autogenous reconstruction. Promisingly, h ...

This proposal is to develop an adaptable and expandable simulation-based training system for teaching and training the soon-to-be-deployed medics in junctional and non-compressible hemorrhage control and other point of injury care trauma control scenarios using Combat Ready Clamp, Abdominal Aortic Tourniquet or similar devices. Training system will include: 1. A model of a torso mimicking anat ...

With this Phase I SBIR project we intend to develop technical solutions to the primary issues limiting the feasibility of a stand-alone real-time balance feedback device. We intend to develop a technique that uses multiple sensors to estimate the orientation of the user"s body segments in the presence of real world disturbances. The effort will develop and validate techniques for accurate real-tim ...

Current therapies to prevent scar formation and contracture of burns are minimally effective. QuickMed Technologies (QMT) proposes to develop an advanced therapy to enhance healing and prevent contraction of burn scars by combining the advanced prototype BURN-PLUS dressing with Endoform dermal template. BURN-PLUS is an occlusive island dressing with an adhesive apron bonded onto a super absorben ...

Combat soldiers are exposed to vast numbers of dangerous chemicals with potentially adverse health outcomes.This SBIR proposal aims to develop a new class of saliva based diagnostic assays that will measure the bodys response to toxic chemical exposure via a panel of clinically used biomarkers that are indicative of organ injury.The tests will leverage the proven functionality of lateral flow diag ...

Non-compressible Torso Hemorrhage (NCTH) is the leading cause of preventable battlefield death for many decades.In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in intravascular occlusive technologies as a solution for this persistent cause of death in both civilian and military sectors.The Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) device is the current state of the ...

Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion (SAAP) was invented by Manning specifically to treat both traumatic and non-traumatic/medical cardiac arrest. SAAP uses a descending aortic arch balloon occlusion catheter to selectively perfuse the heart and brain to restore intrinsic cardiac function and limit neurological injury. In hemorrhage-induced traumatic cardiac arrest (HiTCA), aortic occlusion controls su ...

Defense Health Program (DHP) seeks to develop a new and innovative medical device tailored to prevent or treat accumulation of blood in the pleural space after chest trauma or surgery (i.e. retained hemothorax). Critical Innovations, NeoMatRx, Milestone Strategies, and The FDA Group, in addition to consultant Captain David Plurad, MD, FACS (USN, Ret.), have formed a team of medical device experts ...

Civilian and military organizations throughout the world perform surveillance to combat vector-borne disease. Of particular concern to the U.S. military are mosquito genera Anopheles, Aedes and Culex, which are important vectors for malaria, dengue and West Nile virus respectively, and sand fly genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia, both vectors for leishmaniasis. The trap most commonly used for by U.S ...

The consequence of physical and mental degraded performance is of critical importance not only to the Department of Defense (DoD) missions and sports persons, but also to the general population as well. Sweat is an information abundant medium that contains biomarkers that show relation to human cognitive levels. However, obtaining days of continuous sampling of sweat from the same dermal spot has ...