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>Vision >A primary stage of MCI triage supported by sensors on stand-off platforms, such as uncrewed aircraft vehicles (UAVs) or robots, and algorithms that ana
by ugh123 3y ago
>Vision
>A primary stage of MCI triage supported by sensors on stand-off platforms, such as uncrewed aircraft vehicles (UAVs) or robots, and algorithms that analyze sensor data in real-time to identify casualties for urgent hands-on evaluation by medical personnel.
>A secondary stage, after the most urgent casualties have been treated, supported by non-invasive contact sensors placed on casualties and algorithms that analyze sensor data in real-time to predict need for life-saving.
The non-invasive contact sensor sounds interesting. Does anything like that exist today? I'd imagine some of the features would/could be: heart rate monitoring (including ekg and other diagnostics), blood pressure, body temp, oxygen level.
Maybe this thing is band wrapped around their arm). Also maybe a blood sample via a minimal/automated prick from the band (doesn't sound as non-invasive anymore but could be helpful).
- closewith 3y agoSounds like they want a more portable Lifepak and some algorithmic alerts. Probably the major diagnostic you missed is ECG.
- navbaker 3y agoNo blood samples, all the vitals are from strap-on sensors. They do want to incorporate video and audio from the helicopter/ambulance for the pre-hospital portion and from the ER for in-hospital data in future phases of the competition.
- ijustlovemath 3y agoThere's been several attempts at noninvasive biosensing using techniques like Raman spectroscopy, but it's a lot harder to make it reliable than people estimate. Apple recently shelved its program for doing glucose sensing from the watch, which I remember Tim Cook had remarked would be straightforward. On top of that, the places where DARPA wants these sensors to be deployed (MCIs, trauma victims) make for very difficult sensing environments (due to blood loss, shock, hyperglycemia etc)