KYMIRA: ASTRONAUT PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SMART GARMENT

The SGAC have instigated a Digital Mars Analog Simulation to be developed and implemented. Using
KYMIRA's non-invasive, continuous, biomonitoring smart garments as a potential scenario within a Mars
Habitat or during excursions. This telemedicine solution can help to activity monitor and track astronaut
health trends over the duration of the mission as well as accelerate clinical decision making when rapid
decline or an acute event takes place. The smart garment is worn under EVA suits, similar to compression
clothing. Garment sensors enable non-invasive, continuous and simultaneous physiological measurements.
The smart garment is worn under loose fitting outfits or EVA suits, similar in principle to compression
clothing. Garment sensors enable non-invasive, continuous simultaneous measurement. A key aspect
of KYMIRA's proposed technology is the use of multiple physiological biomarker recordings to enable
accurate medical assessment. When doctors, such as Cardiologists and Emergency Medicine physicians,
make treatment decisions for patients with ECG abnormalities they do not only rely on the ECG results
but must assess other aspects of the patient's physiology. An illustrative example of this is with Ventricular
Tachycardia (VT), which is one of the most dangerous heart rhythm abnormalities that can be recorded
by a cardiac monitor. Different kinds of VT simply cannot be distinguished using an ECG alone. In fact, any heart rhythm
abnormality that results in haemodynamic instability requires a different treatment when compared to the
exact same abnormality with preserved haemodynamic function. Even the most expert human analysts
cannot reliably determine more precise diagnoses over broad categorisations.
Being able to measure multiple parameters drastically improves accuracy and speed of diagnosis which
would be crucial, given the environment, light-delay, and lack of full medical assessment facilities and staff available.
Besides diagnosing serious and acute deteriorating health conditions, this same system would be used
to objectively measure long-term physiological trends in Astronauts and help evaluate corrective measures.
For example, individual muscle conditioning as well as an adherence to appropriate exercise and training
regimes, tailored for a specific astronaut's needs could be better enabled via this smart garment system.