HEAD INJURY PREVENTION/INJURY BIOMECHANICS TESTING

IMPROVING TEST METHODS TO REDUCE SPORTS & FOOTBALL HEAD INJURIES & CONCUSSIONS

DTS Key Features:

• Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
• High-performance sensors: angular rate, accelerometers, six degrees of freedom (6DOF) sensor packages, 6DOF data logger
• Designed to embed in the test article near sensors, eliminates trailing cables, reduces test setup time, and improves data quality
• Data writes to non-volatile flash memory
• Easy-to-use software for set-up, viewing, and data export
• Reliable, repeatable test data to validate new methodologies

DID YOU KNOW? The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) used DTS in-dummy data acquisition systems for a research project aimed at reducing sports-related concussions and traumatic brain injuries. Researchers built an 80-foot railed track with a motorized sled to recreate impact scenarios and analyzed game footage to identify and test “worst-case” collisions.

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR HEAD INJURY PREVENTION

INJURY BIOMECHANICS & POST-MORTEM HUMAN SUBJECT (PMHS) TESTING

UNDERSTANDING INJURY MECHANISMS AND HUMAN TOLERANCES

DTS Key Features:

• Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
• Sensor ranges specifically for human response data
• Sealed sensors designed to support cadaveric testing
• Special biohazard services available to calibrate test instrumentation used for PMHS testing
• DTS is a trusted solution provider and expert in injury biomechanics
• Continued independent and collaborative research with academia, government & industry partners to advance testing

DID YOU KNOW? Data from PHMS testing is used for crashworthiness research, safety engineering, and new protective devices, including seat belts, airbags, and child safety seats. WIAMan research data resulted in the first vertical load ATD with in-dummy DAS, new Finite Element Models, an extensive software-based injury library, plus new validated analysis techniques

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR PMHS TESTING

HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH STUDIES  

MEASURING HUMAN SUBJECT RESPONSES / INJURY BIOMECHANICS LABORATORY STUDIES 

DTS Key Features:

• Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
• Sensor ranges designed for human response corridors, including HIC and BrIC for traumatic brain injury research
• Configurable to support a variety of channel counts and features
• Data writes to non-volatile flash memory
• Simple software for set-up, download, and data viewing

DID YOU KNOW? DTS SLICE NANO used to capture critical data during Professor Splash’s Guinness World Record for the highest shallow water dive. He dove from an 11-meter platform into 30 cm of water at 53 km/h, landing in a child’s inflatable pool. The data recorder, powered by a 9V battery, collected acceleration and strain data and was placed in a waterproof camera bag taped to his back.

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH

COMBAT HELMET SMART-SENSOR TO TRACK MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES

CUSTOM mTBI HELMET RECORDER DEVELOPED FOR THE U.S. ARMY & U.S. MARINE CORPS

DTS Key Features:

• Custom solutions capabilities to develop the HEADS helmet-mounted shock recorder
• Ultra-small, light-weight (2 ounces), low-power 
• Seven independent transducers (triaxial accelerometer, triaxial angular rate sensor, pressure sensor)
• Unit operates on an internal rechargeable battery
• Records for up to 12 months in the field
• Data writes to non-volatile flash memory
• Simple software for set-up, download, and data viewing

DID YOU KNOW? BAE awarded DTS a contract to develop the next-generation Embedded Event Recorder called the “Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Systems” (HEADS). Over 48,000 units were fielded to U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan to help protect soldiers in theatre. The U.S. Army named the DTS Helmet Sensor as one of the “Greatest Inventions of 2011.”

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR mTBI HELMET RECORDER

AMUSEMENT RIDE SAFETY TESTING

STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND RIDER SAFETY VALIDATION 

DTS Key Features:

• Miniature rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
• Portable, easy to travel with for in situ testing
• Sensor ranges designed for human response corridors
• All-in-one data logger options with built-in sensors
• Onboard recording, plus options for real-time streaming
• Intuitive setup, control, and data-viewing software

DID YOU KNOW? In 1992, DTS founded Ride Safety Test Engineers (RSTE), a pioneering roller coaster testing company that provided safety testing services to amusement parks worldwide. One of DTS’s first products, the MDAS data logger, was used to capture critical ride data and is still in use by customers today.

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR ROLLERCOASTERS