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For this Phase I SBIR proposal, Vcom3D proposes to design an Advanced Female Trauma Training System that features the accurate representation of anatomical and physiological differences of the women in our nations armed forces, and of the types of injuries that they are most likely to sustain in combat. The training system will include a ruggedized medical manikin and a wireless tablet controller ...

We propose to develop the Quality Cost Value Calculator (QCVC) to automatically evaluate the value of cycles of care by measuring the cost and quality (in terms of outcomes defined from the patients perspective and the commanders perspective) of care. QCVC will enable DoD health care providers to achieve higher reliability of care and will enable leadership and decision makers to guide process imp ...

The objective of this Phase I proposal is to develop, design, and prototype a computer-based, Automated Vision Tester (AVT) for comprehensive vision screening of military aircrew. A fully realized AVT would combine a variety of clinical screening tests into a unified, automated tabletop unit capable of conducting screenings at both near (14 in./35 cm) and far (20 ft/6 m) distances. The ideal test ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) impacts over two million Americans annually, and is the signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Therapeutic hypothermia is a promising neuroprotective technique for treating TBI, but reduced body temperature is a threat to soldiers in military operations with multiple injuries. Mainstream has proposed a novel vapor compression cooling system that overco ...

BioMojo LLC and the Departments of Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, will develop a preliminary bio mathematical model framework to represent how human tissues interact and behave at their boundaries. Tissue interaction properties (e.g. tensile, shear, friction, and so forth) of connective, epithelial, muscular, and nervous tissue including su ...

The battle to derive value from twenty-first century healthcare leviathans is just beginning. As the world and its economies become increasingly globalized, the struggle to balance rising costs with access to quality healthcare is not just a problem for the United States and the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS). It is a problem wherever resources are constrained and process and bureaucracy trump r ...

A recent study of battlefield casualties found that over 90% of potentially survivable mortality cases were associated with hemorrhage. It is critical to maintain fluids and prevent hemorrhagic shock as soon as possible after the injury. However, medics must plan for and carry these bulky solutions to the point of injury, and additional casualties could exhaust limited available supplies. Mainstre ...

In the present-day network of high-voltage overhead transmission lines, segments of cable are joined by a crimp splice joint, in which the locking of strands in the two cables relies upon a serrate sleeve that is crushed into the cable. The transmission line heats in temperature as it carries electric power, and the span of cable between towers stretches each time the temperature of the cable is i ...

There is substantial interest in the upgrading of the existing High Energy Physics accelerators including the Large Hadron Collider in CERN, Switzerland to higher energy levels so as to probe deeper into the subatomic scale and unlock the mysteries of the Universe. Such upgrades to higher energy levels would require use of High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) magnets which can generate magnetic f ...

The objective of the proposed work is to develop a novel process for the conversion of CO2, water and renewable energy into transportation fuels. The work will combine the efforts of two companies: Dioxide Materials™, experts on using renewable energy (electricity) to convert CO2 and water into syngas; and Primus Green Energy, experts on converting syngas to gasoline. First, Dioxide Materials™ ...