Project number
27039
Organization
UA College of Medicine - Phoenix
Offering
ENGR498-F2026-S2027
As human spaceflight transitions to long-duration missions (e.g., Artemis Orion, Lunar Gateway, Lunar South Pole Station, and eventual Mars exploration), crews must manage acute medical and surgical crises without the possibility of immediate evacuation. Current space habitats lack dedicated, highly integrated clinical workspaces capable of quantifying the exact medical consumables, power, and environmental resources required to manage these off-world emergencies.
Biosphere 2 has created a space analog habitat in the original Test Module called SAM (Space Analog for Moon and Mars). It is the only analog habitat on North America that can perform closed loop environmental control tests. The Smart Surgical Bay (SSB) project will deliver a physical, modular, and data-instrumented medical/surgical bed platform designed for the spatially constrained SAM habitat. This system will serve as a high-fidelity, closed-loop simulation and education asset that passively and actively captures data regarding patient vitals, medical supply logistics, waste generation, and habitat environmental impacts during simulated medical and surgical procedures.
Biosphere 2 has created a space analog habitat in the original Test Module called SAM (Space Analog for Moon and Mars). It is the only analog habitat on North America that can perform closed loop environmental control tests. The Smart Surgical Bay (SSB) project will deliver a physical, modular, and data-instrumented medical/surgical bed platform designed for the spatially constrained SAM habitat. This system will serve as a high-fidelity, closed-loop simulation and education asset that passively and actively captures data regarding patient vitals, medical supply logistics, waste generation, and habitat environmental impacts during simulated medical and surgical procedures.