Development of an advanced body protection system for sports employing air, foam and exocage technologies. Pro-SAFE

采用空气、泡沫和 exocage 技术开发先进的运动身体保护系统。

• 批准号: 32695
• 金额: $ 16.67万
• 依托单位: TEQNOX LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=32695
• 关键词: Development; advanced; body; protection; system

Crushing injuries to the chest are the second largest cause of death in equestrian sport and recreation, second only to head injuries. Falls from height and at speed involve significant forces which can lead to life-changing injuries, and in too many instances around the world, death. A 2010 study in the US found that accidents in the equestrian sector had the highest likelihood of requiring hospitalisation. Worryingly, the activity has the highest mortality rate of all sports globally.Compared to more regulated and high-profile hazardous activities such as motorsport, the equestrian industry to date has not been proactive in driving forward innovations in body protection. Suppliers in the sector generally state that they meet stipulated safety standards, but none has sought to raise the safety benchmark. Whilst it has been researched, there have been no notable concerted efforts in the sector to move to understand how methods of protection currently used discretely (such as technical foams and textiles, air cushioning and engineered structures/exoskeleton) can be combined to provide for much-improved protection for the rider. From a commercial perspective, there is significant 'white space' globally in which a high-performance technology can be protected and exploited.In the Pro-SAFE project, Teqnox will leverage its extensive knowledge of the issues, and its own IP-protected advances in equestrian body protection to prove the viability of a system in which the optimum combination of technologies is implemented to provide superior resistance to blunt & sharp impact, and crushing injuries. Development of solutions will be followed by extensive physical and mechanical testing, and crucially, by an extensive schedule of end-user evaluation.A positive outcome from Pro-SAFE will allow Teqnox to progress to pre-commercialisation activities, and to a significant UK and export market opportunities.

胸部挤压伤是马术运动和娱乐活动中第二大死亡原因，仅次于头部受伤。从高空和高速坠落涉及到巨大的力量，这可能会导致改变生活的伤害，在世界各地的太多情况下，还会导致死亡。美国2010年的一项研究发现，马术领域的事故需要住院治疗的可能性最高。令人担忧的是，这项活动的死亡率是全球所有运动中最高的。与赛车运动等更受监管和高调的危险活动相比，马术行业迄今在推动身体保护方面的创新方面并不积极。该行业的供应商通常表示，他们符合规定的安全标准，但没有一家供应商寻求提高安全基准。虽然已经对其进行了研究，但该部门尚未做出显著的协调努力，以了解如何将目前分散使用的保护方法(如技术泡沫和纺织品、气垫和工程结构/外骨骼)结合起来，为骑手提供更好的保护。在Pro-Safe项目中，Teqnox将利用其对这些问题的广泛知识，以及其自身在马术车身保护方面受知识产权保护的进展，来证明该系统的可行性，在该系统中，实施了最佳技术组合，以提供卓越的耐钝性和锐性冲击以及挤压伤害。在开发解决方案之后，将进行广泛的物理和机械测试，最重要的是，还将进行广泛的最终用户评估。Pro-SAFE的积极结果将使Teqnox能够进入商业化前活动，并获得重要的英国和出口市场机会。