AIRBAG PROTECTIVE GARMENTS FOR FALLS INTERVENTION

用于跌倒干预的气囊防护服

• 批准号: 3487726
• 负责人: DAVID P COLVIN
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: TRIANGLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-03-01 至 1989-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3487726
• 关键词: accidental falls; biosensor device; computer simulation; gravity; hip fractures; knee; monitoring device; phantom model; safety equipment

A Phase I program is proposed to determine the technical feasibility for development of a protective garment system that could provide a new measure of protection for the elderly by sensing a fall in sufficient time to inflate strategically-placed airbags and cushion the body against injurious impact. Based upon preliminary testing and significant experience in airbag technologies, it is believed that such a system can be satisfactorily designed and developed, and would complement other efforts already underway. During the proposed effort, both the sensing and impact problems will be better defined through experimental testing. Strategic subsystems for falls sensing, valving and pressurization, airbag sizing and location, and an instrumented anthropomorphic dummy. If successful, this system could potentially reduce the number of broken hips and other injuries resulting from falls, particularly for the elderly. It may also have application to rehabilitative and post-operative patients as well as specific falls-sensitive occupational and sports areas. For aging populations, the system could potentially reduce medical costs due to such injury, encourage patient locomotion and exercise, and improve their sense of independence and confidence.

提出了第一阶段计划，以确定技术 开发防护服系统的可行性， 可为长者提供新的保障， 在足够的时间内感应到下降， 安全气囊和缓冲身体免受伤害的影响。 基于 安全气囊的初步测试和重要经验 技术，相信这样的系统可以 设计和开发，并将补充其他 努力已经在进行中。 在拟议的努力中， 传感和影响问题将通过以下方式得到更好的定义： 实验测试 战略子系统用于福尔斯感应， 阀门和增压，安全气囊尺寸和位置，以及 仪器化的拟人假人。 如果成功，这个系统 可以潜在地减少髋关节骨折和其他 因福尔斯跌倒而造成的伤害，尤其是老年人。 它 也可以应用于康复和手术后 患者以及特定的跌倒敏感的职业和 体育区。 对于老龄化人口，该系统可能会 减少因此类伤害而产生的医疗费用，鼓励患者 运动和锻炼，并提高他们的独立感 和信心.