Distributed Automated Medical Robotics to Improve Medical Field Operations

Abstract

Combat casualty and en-route care could be improved through immediate expert medical assessment and treatment. New approaches in the delivery of medical care have the potential to decouple the need for deployment of highly trained medical professionals with each advanced unit and the ability to provide sophisticated medical and surgical expertise on demand. The U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) is currently sponsoring several medical robotic efforts that could augment care provided by the combat medic. This article will provide an overview of key teleoperated and automated robotic technologies being developed by TATRC that could improve combat casualty care.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA581925

Entities

People

  • Craig R. Carignan
  • Timothy J. Broderick

Organizations

  • University of Cincinnati

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airway Management
  • Battlefields
  • Blood
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Deployment
  • Detectors
  • Digital Communications
  • Environment
  • Extreme Environments
  • Health Services
  • Hemorrhage
  • Intervention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Surgery
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy