Design Interactive, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A20-136

Description

Design Interactive, Inc. (DI) proposes the development of a Phase II prototype for Asclepius, an artificially intelligent system for automatically interpreting combat casualty care scenes. Asclepius will be a force multiplier for combat medics performing prolonged field care, granting them more time to provide direct care and better access to data-driven decision support systems. Using a custom-built perception system, Asclepius analyzes medics, medical objects, and casualties in its field of view to identify what, when, and where medical procedures have been performed. Asclepius is hardware-agnostic, but the prototype will be developed to run on Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 and an ATAK-enabled smartphone in Phase II. The final system will be deployed on the Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) and will seamlessly integrate with other military end-user devices (EUDs) and software such as the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit (BATDOK), making it a completely hands-free solution. Critically, Asclepius will be designed to run only on the processing power available on military EUDs to facilitate its use in denied, intermittent, and low-bandwidth (DIL) comms environments.