[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40052-40053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19594]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 
Licensing of U.S. Patent 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

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availability of U.S. Patent No. 5,626,151 entitled ``Transportable Life 
Support System'' and issued May 6, 1997 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) 619-5034.

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 specifically 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. 97-19594 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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