BonesBot

BonesBot

Problem Statement

Long-duration human space missions present significant medical challenges to astronaut health and safety. These include the substantial time delays in earth to space medical consultations and treatment due to vast distances, necessitating a high degree of medical autonomy for space crews. Microgravity further complicates standard medical procedures; for example, surgery is made difficult by the unpredictable behavior of bodily fluids and tissues, and effective CPR is challenging due to the altered dynamics of chest compressions and ventilation. Additionally, the space environment poses obstacles to patient monitoring, as standard medical equipment may not function correctly in microgravity, and there are stringent requirements for miniaturization, portability, power efficiency, and reliability of medical devices in the isolated and resource-constrained conditions of space.

Solution

An AI powered Medical Bot that is designed to secure a patient, contain fluids, and analyze their conditions Features:

Agentic AI Medical Knowledge Base: Out of orbit communications to earth can take minutes past the moon to weeks on other planets. An AI knowledge base that can act on its own would be able to diagnose and treat patients in real time.

Enhanced Camera: Cameras with enhanced sensors such as LIDAR, time of flight, and thermal can create data rich digital twins giving more information about physical conditions. Using Googles HAI-DEF Model it would be able to identify conditions based on images of the body as well as noise your body makes

Trauma Response: Robots like STAR and spaceMIRA have already demonstrated the ability to suture wounds. By having integrated suction blood can be contained in microgravity and used for "cell salvage" for recirculation in an isolated environment where blood is limited

Automated CPR machine: Technology from the LUCAS CPR machine can be used so that CPR uses the patient's body as leverage instead of body weight being used to do chest compressions

Business Plan

We can be a part of NASAs Human Research Program and for grants that want to research applications of AI on healthcare on Earth

NASA Human Research Program is a team dedicated to Human health in space and in 2024 $143 Million was allocated to mitigate risks to astronaut health during long-duration missions. NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/human-health-countermeasures/

The National Insisitute of Health has funding opportunities for “Examining the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Healthcare Safety” ($1,000,000) NIH: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-24-261.html

The NSF has grants that support Cyber Physical Systems ($1,200,000-7,000,000) NSF: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cps-cyber-physical-systems

First Users

Any populations that would be doing work in remote areas that require medical attention or places where response times need to be quick. This can include space stations, cruises, remote research bases (Antarctica), urban schools

Conclusion

An AI enabled Health Bot integrated with modern health technologies can provide fast and knowledgeable healthcare in places a specialized doctor would not be readily available. Technology like this would not be limited to space but also on earth to shorten the time quality first aid is given.