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Table of Contents Project Statement and Specifications BME 290 Final Presentation BME 291 Weekly Reports BME 291 Final Report BME 291 Final Presentation
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Traumatic Brain Injury Reducing Army Combat Helmet Description of Project The Advanced Combat Helmet currently used by the United States Army was mainly designed to protect the head against blunt trauma from projectiles. However, many of the injuries experienced by soldiers in the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are due to traumatic brain injuries, not blunt trauma. Warfare practices have evolved from the projectile fire commonly used in previous wars to currently used improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The helmets presently used do not adequately protect soldiers against closed brain injuries sustained from improvised explosive device detonations. Traumatic brain injury is also common among motorcyclists. Many motorcycle helmets in use are an excellent protection from these types of injuries. The proposed project aims to incorporate the design of the much safer motorcycle helmets into to the Advanced Combat Helmet. The goal is to improve upon the current design to produce a helmet that will reduce the risk of traumatic brain injury caused by IEDs. |