SBIR/STTR Award attributes
Although patient simulators have demonstrated improved learning outcomes in medical training, there are significant limitations in cost, ease of use, portability, realism, and portability – trainees currently most go to a specific simulation center to train. These issues significantly hinder their educational value to the Air Force. To address some these significant limitations of the current medical patient simulators, the PI has developed PerSim®, a patented patient simulator system using augmented reality (AR) and currently a product offered by the PI's company. The PI proposes to conduct research and development to enable PerSim® to support remote instruction in Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) training scenarios, in which the instructors and trainees are geographically separate. Commercial Potential: Based on interviews with individuals in Air Force medical organizations, civilian Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies and civilian medical training organizations, remote instruction would be of significant value. Since being released in 4th quarter 2017, there are 30 civilian sites that have purchased PerSim®, resulting in sales of approximately $440K in 2020. Each site is using the system for EMS training, effectively training over 100 trainees per year. Moreover, the PI has a joint marketing agreement with Microsoft and agreements with national sales distributors, which boost the company’s marketing efforts and commercialization potential of the proposed remote CCATT instruction and training simulation capabilities.
