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A wearable sensor package connected to a smartphone with a balance and mobility algorithm, tailored by the physical therapist, enables continued training outside the clinic and identifies risky situations via the Risk of Falling Index. The algorithm identifies the patient activity in real-time and assigns a Movement Task Difficulty Score, which is paired with the clinician identified Patient Mobil ...

One of the major challenges in healthcare training using patient simulators such as manikins, task trainers, screen-based virtual patients is the lack of natural language communication capability between trainers/trainees and the patient simulators, which makes the communicating skill training almost impossible and the overall training experience unreal. Another challenge is that while conducting ...

To address the US Army need in novel toxicity sensing methods using a platform compatible with the Environmental Sentinel Biomonitor (ESB) for testing Army field water with the goal of increasing toxicant sensitivity and reducing consumable size and cost, SPZ Technologies, LLC (SPZT) proposes to continue the development a Human Cell-Based Biosensor (HCB). The HCB is based on novel human cells lyop ...

Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation (IFOS) of San Jose, California requests $1,100,000 over 24 months for IFOS and our research collaborators at Baylor University, the Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech), and San Jose State University to dev

Eye injuries are common in combat. Many of these injuries can result in a buildup of pressure behind the eye, causing a damaging reduction in blood flow to the retina and optic nerve. A Lateral Canthotomy and Cantholysis (LCC) can save the eyesight of t

Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is a surgical approach to treat non-salvageable injuries. Tacrolimus is the most commonly prescribed immunosuppressant to minimize tissue rejections in VCA. The safety and efficacy of tacrolimus, which has

Despite recent tremendous leaps in the development of new technologies for image recording, presentation, manipulation, 3D capabilities, and analysis many vision exams are still performed using paper Snellen charts, paper color charts and Amsler grids. Cu

Duplicating the spectrum of the psychomotor sensory experience of tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) on the battlefield is not achievable within extended reality (xR) training solutions using current haptic devices, as no device or technology today can come close to meeting the perceptual sensitivity of the human haptic system. A clear alternative to haptic device technologies is synthetic tissu ...

Researchers are identifying new biomarkers to help monitor cognition and stress in the human body and enhance human performance. Traditional biomarkers like heart rate, temperature, oxygen saturation, blood glucose, electrolyte concentration, etc have bee

Defense Health Agency (DHA) seeks to develop a new and innovative point of injury device to manage patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Critical Innovations, NeoMatRx, and KARA & Associates; OHSU School of Medicine Division of Tr