Homeland explosive consequence and threat (HExCAT) modeling and medical mitigation tool

US12213739B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security · US

Inventors

• Rachel Gooding · Herndon, US
• Alexander Dolan · Frederick, US
• David McAllister Bradley · Pittsburgh, US
• Kevin Wegman · Columbus, US
• Patrick J. Wilson · La Crosse, US
• Brian Hawkins · Broomfield, US
• Timothy Davis · Fremantle, AU
• Thomas Kirsch · Bethesda, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 14, 2023
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2025
• Expiry date: Aug 14, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2034/105
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system to estimate consequences of an explosion includes a scenario generator to generate a scenario based on user input and scenario parameters; an explosive device model generator to generate an explosive device model based on the user input and explosive device parameters; a propagation of hazards modeler to model propagation of hazards into the scenario based on the user input and hazard parameters; an injury modeler to model injuries corresponding to modeling propagation of hazards into the scenario based on injury parameters; and an iteration and output generator to iterate by using additional iterative subsets of the parameters to generate the scenario, generate the explosive device model, model propagation of hazards, and model injuries, until parameter spaces of the parameters are covered. The iteration and output generator generates an injury record based injury outcomes from the modeling of injuries corresponding to the iterating.