Low Cost Head Impact Alert System for Helmeted Sports

描述（由申请人提供）：疾病控制中心（CDC）估计，仅在美国，轻度创伤性脑损伤（mTBI）的年发病率约为120万例。其中约1/3发生在足球比赛中。该NIH第IIb期SBIR项目的主要目标是扩展在第I期/第II期开发的现有且现已上市的InSite撞击警报监测系统的实用性，以整合长期运动员特定头部撞击暴露跟踪，从而识别风险撞击（即，现场警报）和高风险行为（即，不良处理技术）。脑损伤很难“看到”，特别是在球场上。我们已经成功地开发了一个边线工具，可以识别非典型的影响或一系列的影响，在该领域，可用于触发管理的震荡的边线。目前缺乏的是识别最终可能导致脑震荡的高风险行为的能力。拟议的技术和创新将减少所有比赛级别的头部撞击暴露，从而降低脑震荡风险。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates the yearly incidence of mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) at approximately 1.2 million cases in the United States alone. Approximately 1/3 of these injuries occur in football. The Principal Objective of this NIH Phase IIb SBIR project is to expand the utility of the current, and now commercially available, InSite impact alert monitoring system developed in Phase I/Phase II to integrate long-term player specific head impact exposure tracking for identifying both at- risk impacts (i.e. on-field alerting) and high-risk behavior (i.e. poor tackling technique). Brain injur is difficult to "see", particularly on the field. We have successfully developed a sideline tool that can identify atypical impacts or series of impacts in the field that can be used to trigger management of concussion on the sideline. What is currently lacking is the ability to identify high-risk behavior that may eventually lead to concussion. The proposed technology and innovation will reduce head impact exposures at all playing levels resulting in lower concussion risk.