Deployable Closed-Loop Sedation System for En-Route Care (AutoSED)

This Program aims at designing an under-the-litter platform - AutoSED - to transition the AutoTIVA technology (developed in the earlier phases of this Program) for use in an en-route care environment. The AutoTIVA was initially meant and designed as a clinical device, for use in clinical environments. The AutoSED will leverage the work performed under both the AutoTIVA program and our ONR-funded programs to develop a ready-to-use, compact platform that can be attached under a standard NATO litter to provide casualties with sedation, drug and fluid delivery. The sedation level can be controlled automatically, in closed-loop, using a miniaturized brain function monitor, and the controller developed under the initial AutoTIVA program. The AutoSED will be a complement to the Navy's Automated Critical Care System (ACCS).