[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 217 (Thursday, November 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 57659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28618]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army


Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 
Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning a Transportable Life 
Support System

AGENCY: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the 
availability of U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/610,823 entitled 
``Transportable Life Support System'' and filed March 7, 1996 for 
licensing. This patent has been assigned to the United States 
Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army.

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 
ATTN: Staff Judge Advocate, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-
5012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. John F. Moran, Patent Attorney, (301) 619-2065 or telefax (301) 
619-7714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The invention is a stretcher-based mini-
intensive care unit that incorporates resuscitative and life-sustaining 
capabilities into a universally adaptive platform for trauma management 
and unattended patient support. It allows the transport of medically 
unstable patients and fits into existing evacuation platforms. The 
system is specially designed for use in battlefield and mass casualty 
situations, and includes a base, a stretcher and a canopy. The system 
incorporates medical equipment that includes a ventilator, an oxygen 
source, an environmental control unit, a suction unit, a plurality of 
physiologic sensors, an intravenous fluid pump, a drug infusion pump, 
and a defibrillator. The medical equipment is controlled by a computer 
contained within the base, and a receiver/transmitter is included in 
the base for transmitting information to, and receiving information 
from, a remote health care provider.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-28618 Filed 11-6-96; 8:45 am]
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