Diagnostics, treatment, transport and monitoring of highly contagious, injured and/or contaminated personnel
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Programme Description
The European Defence Fund (EDF) is the Commission’s initiative to support collaborative defence research and development, and to foster an innovative and competitive defence industrial base.
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Summary
Research and development in detection, diagnostics, treatment, transport and monitoring of highly contagious, injured and/or contaminated personnel (HICP) provides for new life-saving techniques, concepts and strategies for soldiers on the
battlefield, including surgical robots, ultra-portable telemedicine devices and diagnostics sensors, Chemical Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) containment systems, ‘porter’ or load- carrying Unmanned Vehicles (UVs) and battlefield casualty extraction devices. Battlefield logistics are a challenge regardless of the mission. Adversaries, terrain, and the environment all serve to complicate the process of delivering supplies to the wounded and sick. The medical support to a force must be capable of maintaining the necessary quality and quantity of supply, treatment and evacuation activities during peace, crisis, and conflict. This requires having on hand or in reserve appropriate medical equipment, supplies, integrated medical evacuation capabilities and remote casualty care capacity, as well as having the ability to resupply and to replace medical personnel on a continuous basis.
Detailed Call Description
The limited ability to rescue HICP, while under fire or into a hazardous environment, is itself a major cause of poor outcome and death.
In the CBRN contaminated battlefield, combat-related injuries are “combined” – related to both, trauma and contamination. The time to aid a victim is crucial. This is even true for combination injuries. Hence there is a need to provide solutions for
autonomous battlefield triage, safely extraction of HICP from the battlefield, providing instant availability information about vital signs, rapidly diagnosing life-threatening injuries, remote access of medical personnel to the casualty and delivering life-saving interventions. Extraction robots and dedicated evacuation vehicles may decrease the risk to the soldier and combat medic by life-saving robotic-assisted interventions, and by safely moving wounded soldiers out of the line of fire. Tele operated and autonomous surgical robots may deliver expert surgical care within the “golden hour” on the battlefield as well as during transport to military treatment facilities. In CBRN situations, notably under radiation exposure, further restrictions have to be dealt with such as limited accessibility of the affected areas and concerns regarding the safety of the rescuing personnel.
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Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Thematic Categories
- Information Technology
- Justice - Security
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Local Authority clusters
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
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National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Defense
172-174 Strovolos Avenue, 2048 Strovolos, Nicosia,
website: https://mod.gov.cy/
Telephone: 22 807500
Email: defence@mod.gov.cy
Department of Research and Innovation
Phones: 22 807755, 22 807754
Email: research.innovation@mod.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
European Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/defence-industry-and-space_en