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Vivonics, Inc., together with clinical experts from the Mayo Clinic, are currently developing the Portable Multi-Modal Traumatic Brain Injury (PMT) monitor, a platform technology which will enable multiple neurological evaluations to be performed by a minimally trained person using a simple interface wired to a light-weight head-worn apparatus. During the Phase I period, the team successfully desi ...

A lightweight, portable, robust system is proposed to detect and classify mild traumatic brain injuries rapidly in forward areas, based on on neuroscience and neurology-based algorithms and wearable computers of the newest generation.

Military personnel must be protected from diseases transmitted by ticks and fleas, including Lyme disease. Effective surveillance of tick and flea vectors is vital to determine the population present, whether they are carrying disease, and whether control campaigns are working. Unfortunately, current surveillance tools are ineffective. In Phase I TDA designed, prototyped, and tested a novel ti ...

Presently available pharmacotherapy for diabetes and pre-diabetes can be effective initially, but the natural history of these conditions typically features deterioration of blood sugar control over time and the accumulation of disability. Importantly, the current treatment approaches do not halt the underlying disease. Approved drugs for overweight and obesity have only limited efficacy and most ...

The objective of this proposal is to create an instrument to automatically measure the topology of the eye including corneal and scleral surfaces and create a highly accurate three dimensional model. The model is incorporated into two different ophthalmic programs for different applications. The first is a graphic interactive design tool to enable the doctor to create a computer simulated scleral ...

During the Phase I program, Aurora conducted a comprehensive survey of potential platforms that included government owned and furnished UAVs and manned aircraft as well as Aurora’s Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA). The survey concluded, in part, that UAVs offer a significant improvement in data collection capability when compared to manned aircraft that are currently fielded by NOAA. ...

Domestic US aquaculture is moving toward fishmeal replacement in aquafeeds with a variety of alternative protein sources including plant-based, terrestrial and marine proteins. In our Phase I work we showed the feasibility of modifying the protein quality of several alternate protein sources, specifically animal byproduct meals, and its potential significant impacts on marine fish production. Th ...

NorthWest Research Associates proposes to develop a prototype system to forecast solar flares for NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center. Many activities and technological systems prevalent in today’s society—air traffic control and air travel, the power grids, communications, deep-water drilling operations, human spaceflight—are vulnerable to the effects of flares from our Sun, which can sud ...

Junctional and inguinal bleeding from battlefield injuries is a significant and challenging problem. Inventors have developed new types of tourniquets, including the Abdominal Aortic Tourniquet (AAT) and the Combat Ready Clamp (CRoC) to address these abdominal and pelvic injuries. While these hemorrhage control technologies have been developed, validated, and approved for use, training systems tha ...

The goal of this project to develop and demonstrate the value of a remediation-oriented cohort builder which enables the rapid translation of new population-based research results into patient-specific, actionable information for MHS clinicians, nurses and QA personnel at the point of care. Electronic delivery of patient-specific alerts, based on temporal analysis of the full medical record, has ...