SBIR Phase II: Smartphone Automated External Defibrillator

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是通过与智能手机集成的自动体外除颤器(AED)的微型化来拯救生命。每年有超过32万美国人死于心脏骤停(SCA)。如果不在几分钟内进行治疗，SCA可能会导致死亡。如果有AED，它可以拯救一个人的生命。不幸的是，今天的AED通常不能在建筑物或大型人口中心之外使用，而且太大，很难在紧急情况下轻松运输，因此对于受害者来说，它们往往来得太晚。这项研究创造了一种新型的AED，旨在作为个人设备使用，足够小，可以随身携带，并通过智能手机集成安全地连接到互联网。这些下一代AED将通过随时随地提供所需的设备来拯救生命。这些单元将是EMT、士兵或公园护林员应急工具包的轻量级补充，作为每个人智能手机的简单且救生的补充。这个小企业创新研究第二阶段项目将推进一部小说AED的翻译。具体活动包括开发语言支持的方法；在患者到达之前创建将心电传输到急诊室和导管实验室的新通道；以及与应急人员使用的电信系统(例如911)的集成。该项目将使用系统工程方法来验证和确认建议的解决方案，从而优化外形因素和性能之间的平衡空间。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to save lives through the miniaturization of automated external defibrillators (AED) integrated with smartphones. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) kills more than 320,000 Americans a year outside of the hospital. An SCA can cause death if it is not treated in minutes. If an AED is available, it can save a person's life. Unfortunately, today’s AEDs are often not available outside of buildings or large population centers and are too big to easily transport outside of an emergency situation, and thus they often arrive too late for a victim. This research creates a new type of AED designed to function as a personal device, small enough to be carried everywhere and securely connected to the Internet through smartphone integration. These next-generation AEDs will save lives by making them available when and where they are needed. These units will be a lightweight addition to an EMT, soldier’s, or park ranger’s emergency kit as a simple and lifesaving addition to everyone’s smartphone. This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will advance translation of a novel AED. Specific activities include methods to develop language support; creation of new channels for ECG transmission to emergency rooms and catheter labs prior to patient arrival; and integration with telecommunication systems used by emergency response personnel (e.g., 911). This project will optimize the trade space between form factor and performance, using systems engineering methodologies for verification and validation of the proposed solution.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.