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Simulation-Based Open Surgery Training System (SOSTS)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W81XWH-05-C-0032
Agency Tracking Number: A043-193-0021
Amount: $119,928.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A04-193
Solicitation Number: 2004.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2004
Award Year: 2005
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-12-13
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2005-06-13
Small Business Information
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 940
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United States
DUNS: 039514356
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Howard Champion
 President
 (301) 587-9440
 hrchampion@aol.com
Business Contact
 Robert Waddington
Title: Director of Development
Phone: (301) 587-9440
Email: bwaddington@simquest.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This proposal is for a PC-based open surgical trainer that will (1) provide training for elements of tasks critical to combat casualty care and (2) provide the scientific basis for a "haptics-on, haptics-off" trainer. Although initial simulator-based training in basic open surgical skills needs to employ haptics, such training may be reinforced with non-haptics-based simulation that may employ replacement feedback (ie, visual or audio). We propose to augment our current HOSTS system for initial training with a haptics-optional component for continued and refresher training. The tasks we will use for the prototype are steps in wound debridement and placement of a tibial pin. These procedures offer important steps in a broad strategic scientific endeavor and will provide technologies of immediate use to the military that will be transportable to other tasks and procedures in both civilian and military settings. This initial Phase I effort will assess the state of the art in available open-source technologies relative to what we have already planned with our ongoing HOSTS effort. In addition, we will assess the specific training requirements and propose metrics for our two chosen scenarios and use these to define the simulation development and training evaluation plans for Phase II.

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