HDO Health Successfully Completes Phase 1 Ohio Department of Development Technology Validation and Startup Fund (TVSF) Grant Cycle

The HDO Health team recently completed a TVSF Phase 1 funding and development cycle. The goal of the TVSF Phase 1 was to advance the design and fabricate functional prototypes in preparation for future demonstrations and operational testing of the HDO Health junctional tourniquet (the Journiquet). The objectives were to take the design through Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 with a system prototype demonstrated in a laboratory environment on a medical manikin with experienced users. The project results included capturing and documenting user requirements for a minimally viable product (MVP), fabrication of mock-ups of the preliminary design to support usability sessions conducted with military and EMT personnel to gather user inputs on requirements and product design. Using the outputs of the usability sessions, along with the generation of a design specification traceability matrix, a detailed engineering design of the device to include ergonomic and anthropometric design factors was completed. This work led to the fabrication of fully functional engineering prototypes for laboratory bench-top testing and a second usability session. Feedback from the second usability session conducted at the Ohio State University Clinical Skills Education and Assessment Center (CSEAC) informed the development of a comprehensive user requirements document and production of (v2) functional prototypes ready for perfused cadaver studies and other testing required for a FDA 510(k) submission.

Point of Contact: Bryan J. Stewart | Chief Executive Officer | 904.416.65656 | bstewart@hdohealth.com