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G-LOC

A helmet prototype to prevent the G-LOC

Project objectives

The aim of the project is to produce a helmet prototype, able to record some physiological parameters of military aircraft pilots, such as electroencephalography, electrooculography, electrocadiography, heart rate, arterial pressure, blood oxygen saturation   etc. etc.,  to prevent the onset of G-LOC (G-force induced Loss Of consciousness), that is the loss of consciousness during the flight produced by great acceleration or deceleration to a level of 8, 9 times the gravity force (G). This problem, well known since a lot of years, is responsible of several flight accidents that, if it occurred at low height, could determine the crash of the aircraft and the death of the pilot. Despite since a lot of years all the military pilots did a specific training to prevent the G-LOC and use specific suit, to reduce such a risk, with the greater performance of modern fighters, 8-20 % of military pilots refer almost a G-LOC episode during their whole career. All the physiological studies performed demonstrated that the loss of consciousness, the G-LOC, is anticipated by few seconds of functional alterations that could be highlight by multiparametric recording systems such the one that will be developed in this project. 

Start/End Date

January 2017 − december 2020

Principal investigator

Prof. Bruno Beomonte Zobel

Coordinator

“Sapienza" University, Rome

List of participants

  • Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
  • Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”
  • Brainy Solution Enterprises

Source of funding

National Plan of Military Research 2014

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