D. Remer, T. Yan, C. Adams, E. Jones, S. Hazlett, K. Virgilio
Luna Labs USA LLC, Virginia, United States
Keywords: physiologic monitoring, performance, hydration
Optimizing soldier performance based on real-time physiologic status is critical for increasing operational readiness and lethality. Though current wearable technologies in the commercial sector leverage known physiologic measurements to provide feedback to users about stress load and recovery, the devices have not achieved large-scale adoption in the military. To address this critical need, Luna Labs and Rain Technologies have developed Proteus, a real-time physiologic monitor for enhanced warfighter performance and protection. Proteus is designed to operate in the Warfighter environment and collect and transmit a range of physiologic data, including cardiac dynamics, temperature, and blood oxygen. Further, the device uses novel bioimpedance algorithms to report warfighter hydration status. To facilitate healthcare information transfer across the entire chain of care, data collected from the Proteus sensor is delivered to the user interface. The user interface is a TAK-integrated, networked Android application designed to integrate with existing digital battlefield networks and receive, process, and display real time physiologic data from multiple Warfighter assets. To ensure adoption, the low-profile, low-weight wearable device was designed based on military, end-user feedback for use across the range of mission profiles, and data delivery is seamlessly integrated into existing asset-monitoring tools (TAK) to eliminate added burden.