Microgravity Health Care

Numerous long duration International Space Station crew members have developed visual changes and symptoms consistent with an increase in pressure around the brain. The cause of these changes is not known, and efforts to develop techniques to measure the pressure in the eye and brain would provide an important tool to monitor crew health. This proposal will investigate 3 fully developed prototype devices in a microgravity environment to assess the usability, functionality, and human factors modifications required to allow these devices to be integrated into ISS medical care. These experiments will allow thoughtful selection of the next generation of medical devices for eye and neurologic care to be rapidly transitioned to spaceflight.

Visual changes and symptoms experienced by long duration ISS crewmembers are consistent with increased intracranial pressure (ICP) Non-invasive measurement of ICP changes are not available on ISS.
NASA research, Medical Operations, and terrestrial medicine are potential users.

This is a mature technology (TRL 8) — the realistic path in is usually NASA's Technology Transfer Program: licensing an existing NASA patent, or a Space Act Agreement to use NASA facilities/expertise directly. NASA also runs a startup licensing program with no upfront fee for companies formed to commercialize a specific NASA technology.

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