SBIR/STTR Award attributes
To address the DHA need for an e-textile integrated circuit to ensure point-of-injury integrity, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Point-of-Injury Non-repudiation Traumatic Injury Recorder (POINTIR) based on a new integration of POCs proven rugged, low profile, power and data connectors coupled with mature connectorized e-textile technologies and COTS Smart Card-embedded components as the storage media. Specifically, the innovation in integrating biometric sensing capabilities with NIST-validated hardware cryptographic digital signature modules and seamless integration with e-textiles will enable the POINTIR technology to ensure accurate injury recording and improved continuous casualty care. As a result, this highly integrated technology offers a means to record battlefield injuries and mitigates duplicate patient records and loss of record while maintaining record integrity, which directly address the DHA needs. In Phase I, POC plans to demonstrate the POINTIR concept by integrating a NIST FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic module to support two-level authentication, including one biometric sensor within a connectorized e-textile. In Phase II, POC will build a demonstration prototype device to validate the generation of medical records and testing with medical record entry. POC will work with government labs and test facilities to verify non-repudiated authentication of medical data generation and access.
