Development and Validation of Eye Injury and Facial Fracture Criteria for the Focus Headform

Abstract

A multi-year research effort focused on predicting eye and face injury resulting from blunt impacts has been completed through a collaborative partnership of Virginia Tech - Wake Forest, Center for Injury Biomechanics, Denton, and the United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory. The primary goal of this effort is the development and validation of a physical headform capable of measuring face and eye impact loads. In order to assess the capability of protective equipment in reducing eye and facial injuries, this innovative advanced headform has been developed to predict injury. Because of the headform's emphasis on eye and orbital injuries, the new advanced headform is dubbed the Facial and Ocular Countermeasure Safety headform. A two-part study has developed and validated a biofidelic headform (FOCUS) with corresponding injury criteria for globe rupture and facial fracture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504020

Entities

People

  • Eric Kennedy
  • Frederick Brozoski
  • Jill Bisplinghoff
  • Joseph Cormier
  • Paul Depinet
  • Stafan Duma

Organizations

  • Virginia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Biomechanics
  • Countermeasures
  • Craniocerebral Trauma
  • Eye Injuries
  • Facial Bones
  • Impact Tests
  • Injury Prevention
  • Jaw
  • Load Cells
  • Maxilla
  • Protective Equipment
  • Skull
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • Validation
  • Virginia

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Space