SBIR/STTR Award attributes
Blast-induced Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a major threat to the health of military personnel serving in modern theaters. TBI incidence rates in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom approached 3% of all deployed personnel. Indeed, TBI has become known as the “signature” injury of these conflicts. Blast overpressure can also damage the lungs, eardrums, and eyes. Development and evaluation of personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect the warfighter from blast injury requires human surrogates. Today’s surrogates are either anatomically inaccurate (and fit PPE poorly) or are prohibitively expensive. Our warfighters deserve a better solution. In this STTR program, Creare, working with our partners at the Wake Forest University (WFU) Center for Injury Biomechanics, is developing the Modular Instrumented Torso and Head Surrogate (MITHS). The MITHS will provide a low-cost (
