Autonomous Delivery of Trauma Care in the Field

Title: Autonomous Delivery of Trauma Care in the Field

Principal Investigator: Artur Dubrawski, PhD

Supporting Agency: Department of Defense – Combat Casualty Care

Project Goals: The contractor shall deliver technical data describing the conceptual design of the following prototype capabilities: soft robotic enabled patient care system with integrated noninvasive sensing, robotic intervention systems for vascular access, needle thoracostomy ad airway access, A modular robotic System comprised of dedicated modules with integrated non invasive sensor packages.

Specific Aims:                         

Aim 1: Stabilize – Develop soft robotic technology to safely immobilize patients and support wound care.

Aim 2: Sense – Advance noninvasive sensing that is portable, low cost, easy to use, and informs real time control of robotic articulators.

Aim 3: Plan – Develop technologies and their supporting algorithms to automate vascular access, needle thorocostomy and airway access.

Aim 4: Act - Develop modular robot architecture for easy to use, customizable and expediently deployable medical robot system.