United States Department of Defense

April 4, 2024

UA, UAMS Awarded $1.9 Million to Create Wearable Device to Detect Blood Loss

David Wise

Pictured are the four main project leaders: Morten Jensen, Jingxian Wu, Robert Saunders, and Hanna Jensen.

The United States Department of Defense awarded a little more than $1.9 million to a multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) to develop a wearable device that will assist with the early detection and monitoring of internal and external bleeding. The grant comes as part…