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RESTORE - Rapid Exoskeleton for Tibial Offloading and REcovery (HJF 705-25)
Introduction Researchers at the Defense Health Agency (DHA) and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation (HJF) have developed a lower extremity exoskeleton to assist individuals with bone stress injuries, specifically tibial stress fractures. Conventional management of tibial stress fractures requires up to 18 weeks of rest and activity modification, which...
Published: 10/22/2025   |   Inventor(s): Walter Childers, Ciera Price, Emily McCain
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Category(s): Medical Device
Intrepid Battlefield Exoskeleton (IBEX): A Portable, Non-Invasive Fracture Stabilization Orthosis for Prolonged Field Care (HJF 695-24)
Introduction The Intrepid Battlefield Exoskeleton (IBEX) is a novel, lightweight, and portable exoskeletal device designed to stabilize serious lower leg injuries, such as open tibia fractures, in austere environments where rapid medical evacuation is not possible. Developed with support from the Defense Health Agency (DHA), The Henry M. Jackson Foundation...
Published: 7/24/2025   |   Inventor(s): Walter Childers, W. Brett Johnson, Joshua Childress, Daniel Harrison, Ciera Price
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Category(s): Medical Device
Isoflurane Administration as a Method for Neuroprotection in Organophosphate Poisoning (HJF 620-22 and HJF 441-16)
Organophosphate-based chemical agents (OPs), including nerve agents and certain neurotoxic pesticides such as paraoxon, are potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitors that cause severe convulsions and prolonged seizures, including progression to status epilepticus, potentially leading to irreversible central nervous system (CNS) damage if not treated promptly....
Published: 9/15/2025   |   Inventor(s): Aryan Namboodiri, John Moffett, Narayanan Vasudevan
Keywords(s): CNS, Neuroprotection, Organophosphate, Pesticide Poisoning, Seizure, Status Epilepticus
Category(s): Therapeutic, Medical Device
Automated Cranial Burr Hole Device and Method - (HJF 509-18)
Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) have developed a compact and easy-to-use intracranial access device to treat patients suffering from epidural hemorrhages (EDH) or subdural hemorrhages (SDH) in austere environments. As the window of opportunity for diagnosis and treatment...
Published: 7/24/2025   |   Inventor(s): David Brody
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Category(s): Medical Device
Wound Healing Phototherapy Device - (HJF 288-12)
Technology for a portable, less expensive light-emitting device (LED) that can be used for wound healing at home or as an outpatient treatment option is available for licensing from HJF. Researchers at HJF, the Nitto Denko Technical Corporation (Nitto), and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have developed an Organic LED...
Published: 9/26/2025   |   Inventor(s): Juanita Anders, Xingjia Wu, Sazzadur Khan, Sheng Li, Amane Mochizuki
Keywords(s): Diabetes, Phototherapy, Post-Surgical, Wound Closure, Wound Healing, Wound Technology
Category(s): Therapeutic, Medical Device
Layperson Audiovisual Tourniquet (LAVA TQ) - (HJF 629-22)
A multi-disciplinary team of experts have developed a user-friendly, audiovisual-enabled limb tourniquet that greatly improves the likelihood of correct application by the public. A correctly applied limb tourniquet can save the lives of people with severe injury. A series of studies have shown that conventional tourniquets on the market today are not...
Published: 3/14/2025   |   Inventor(s): Craig Goolsby, Jim Murphy, Curt Kothera
Keywords(s): Bleeding, Emergency, First Aid, Hemorrhage, Stop the Bleed, Tourniquet, Trauma, User-Friendly
Category(s): Medical Device