SBIR/STTR Award attributes
Providing Army combat medics with meaningful experience in treatment of battlefield injuries is a particular challenge. Moulage has the potential to assist in acquiring what could otherwise be very hard-to-come-by preparatory experience for distressing real-life emergencies medics and soldiers may encounter in the field. However, current approaches to moulage are limited in their ability to reflect the impact of treatment decisions the trainee makes over the course of a simulation. ArchieMD is collaborating with Texas State University (TXST) to develop a novel dynamic virtual moulage, creating an enhanced moulage/ augmented reality experience, in which computer-generated data and graphics simulate medical emergencies in real time using thin film adhesive displays. In Phase I, ArchieMD and TXST demonstrated proof of concept for utilizing very thin, flexible adhesive displays for the development of dynamic virtual moulage. Phase II will entail developing a smartphone application to remotely control the dynamic moulage display, building a miniaturized display driver and designing and fabricating an ultrathin, flexible, semi-transparent OLED full-color VGA display. The display can be easily attached to and removed from mannequins or real persons, allowing integration with existing simulation systems. It can also be commercialized to benefit EMS and other first responders undergoing training simulations.
