FireHUD, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N231-057

Description

The goal of this SBIR is to develop a Heat Injury Prevention System (HIPS) kit that provides technologies for real-time monitoring to prevent exertional heat illness in a training environment, at scale, for active-duty service members – specifically for Marine Corps and Army personnel. The proposed work for Phase I would involve the development of a prototype HIPS kit that can be used to test, collect feedback, and conduct research. The plan is then to use the feedback and research to shape the design of the next iteration HIPS system to be manufactured during a potential Phase II.    The unique advantage to SlateSafety’s proposal is that we already have a commercialized armband wearable with over 1000 devices in the field today that aims to prevent injuries or deaths due to heat stress and overexertion in real-time. Because of this, the SlateSafety platform already accomplishes many of the stated requirements and only needs adaptations in order to exceed the requirements as opposed to a completely new design. The main goal of this SBIR technical effort is to prototype these adaptations with the BAND V2. The BAND V2 is capable of running new algorithms and can be updated very simply and quickly over the air. With the planned work in this SBIR, the SlateSafety BAND V2 aims to run government furnished exertional heat illness (EHI) risk algorithms and become a valuable tool for researchers to further develop these algorithms.    Overall, the BAND V2 is a wearable armband that aims to prevent injuries or deaths due to heat stress and overexertion in real-time. The BAND V2 can measure heart rate, core temperature, exertion, calories burned, step count, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and comes equipped with the ability to turn off or on GPS location, fall detection, a panic button, and more. SlateSafety’s BAND V2 is specifically designed to withstand rugged environments in an unobtrusive manner. The strap goes around the wearer’s upper arm, making it easy to use while still wearing clothing and performing various activities. The BAND V2 is simple to put on and the entire system from the chargers to the straps to the software are built for large scale deployments of 100s or 1000s with minimal management overhead. As our customers say “the device simply works.”