SBIR Phase II: Affordable Remote Cardiac Monitoring Device For Improved Firefighter Safety Outcomes

SBIR 第二阶段：经济实惠的远程心脏监测设备，可改善消防员的安全成果

• 批准号: 1853192
• 负责人: Chandana Weebadde
• 金额: $ 71.36万
• 依托单位: Avidhrt Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-04-01 至 2022-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1853192&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Affordable; Remote

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is the development of a comprehensive physiological monitoring platform that provides individuals working in hazardous occupations, such as firefighters, with longitudinal and real-time physiological monitoring that includes predictive diagnostics. Because existing physiological monitoring products are cost-prohibitive for most fire and emergency service agencies, and 50% of firefighter deaths are due to sudden cardiac events, this technology offers fire-service agencies an affordable mechanism for addressing this critical problem. Multiple studies have shown that early detection of an irregular heart-rate event (arrhythmias) offers a significant advantage in preventing and treating further CVD. The proposed technological innovation would consist of a wearable physiological monitoring device, which will use a range of networking mechanisms to communicate with a user-friendly analytical platform. Further, the integration of a self-alert system into a wearable patch would support a standalone operation even if there were to be a communication lag between a firefighter and command center. Early detection of arrhythmias and promoting corrective actions could reduce each individual cardiovascular disability claim by about $325,000.The proposed project aims to reduce the economic and social costs associated with firefighter injuries and fatalities due to underlying cardiovascular-disease and the extreme physiological strain resulting from the hazardous occupational environments in which fire services personnel work. The affordability of the proposed technology would not only improve occupational safety in the industry, but also enable scientists to further scientific knowledge about the interrelationships between oxygen saturation, ECG values, and extreme heat and physiological stress by using this technology to conduct experimental and field-based research. The longitudinal analysis possible with this platform would also give scientists the tools necessary to research the relationships between physiological stress and human performance factors, to gain a deeper understanding about critical factors in mechanisms such as decision making, risk perception, and communication. These factors are frequently cited in National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) after incident investigations of firefighter fatalities, along with playing important roles in the operating procedure standards set by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一个全面的生理监测平台，为从事危险职业的个人（例如消防员）提供纵向和实时生理监测，包括预测性诊断。由于现有的生理监测产品对于大多数消防和紧急服务机构来说成本过高，并且50%的消防员死亡是由于突发心脏事件，因此该技术为消防服务机构提供了解决这一关键问题的负担得起的机制。多项研究表明，早期检测不规则心率事件（心律失常）在预防和治疗进一步CVD方面具有显著优势。拟议的技术创新将包括一个可穿戴的生理监测设备，该设备将使用一系列网络机制与用户友好的分析平台进行通信。此外，将自我警报系统集成到可穿戴贴片中将支持独立操作，即使消防员和指挥中心之间存在通信延迟。心律失常的早期发现和促进纠正措施可以减少每一个人的心血管残疾索赔约325，000美元。拟议的项目旨在减少与消防员受伤和死亡相关的经济和社会成本，由于潜在的心血管疾病和极端的生理压力导致的危险的职业环境中，消防人员的工作。拟议技术的可负担性不仅将改善该行业的职业安全，而且还使科学家能够通过使用该技术进行实验和实地研究，进一步了解氧饱和度，ECG值以及极端高温和生理压力之间的相互关系。该平台的纵向分析也将为科学家提供研究生理压力与人类绩效因素之间关系所需的工具，以更深入地了解决策，风险感知和沟通等机制中的关键因素。这些因素在美国国家职业安全与健康研究所（NIOSH）对消防员死亡事故进行调查后经常被引用，沿着在美国国家消防协会（NFPA）制定的操作程序标准中发挥着重要作用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。