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.

胸部造成的伤害是马术运动和娱乐中第二大死亡原因，仅次于头部受伤。从高度和速度下跌落涉及重要的力量，可能导致改变生活的伤害，在世界各地的许多情况下，死亡。 2010年在美国的一项研究发现，马术部门的事故需要住院。令人担忧的是，该活动在全球所有运动中的死亡率最高。迄今为止，迄今为止的马术产业等受赛车运动等更受监管和备受瞩目的危险活动，尚未积极发展，以推动身体保护方面的前进创新。该行业的供应商通常声明他们符合规定的安全标准，但没有人试图提高安全基准。尽管已经进行了研究，但该行业没有明显的统一努力，以了解当前如何使用离散使用的保护方法（例如技术泡沫和纺织品，空气缓冲和工程结构/外骨骼），以提供对骑手的大量改进保护的方法。从商业角度来看，在全球范围内，可以保护和利用高性能技术的“空白”。在专业安全项目中，Teqnox将利用其对问题的广泛了解，以及其自身的IPPORTOPTION IPPORTAPTION在等于人体保护方面的进步，以证明对技术的最佳组合的能力，以实现迫切能力和不断影响，以实现和迫切能够实施不断的不断努力。解决方案的开发将进行广泛的物理和机械测试，至关重要的是，通过广泛的最终用户评估时间表。专业安全的积极结果将使Teqnox能够进步到商业化活动，并促进英国的重大和出口市场机会。