A Low-Cost Airborne Soldier Load Assistance Device has recently been developed by Jonathan Kaplan, a biomedical engineer at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), and a NSRDEC biomechanics engineer, Dr. John Ramsay.
This device is reusable and inexpensive and will less the weight of the equipment which airborne soldiers rest on their knees and legs before they board a plane.
According to Ramsay, the device is specifically designed for the airborne soldier, who can have packs weighing up to 120 pounds and may be waiting many hours before flight. The equipment rests on their knees and they are unable to rest so that when they do stand up, their feet are often numb and their backs and legs hurt. They are then expected to perform at full capacity once they board their plane.
Ramsay added that what they created lifts the weight off their legs while they are sitting with a device that rests between their legs and the bench lifts the all the weight off their legs. Discomfort in their shoulders is also alleviated by the device.
Now that this device has been made possible by the partnering of NSRDEC with the 82nd Airborne Division, NSRDEC and the United Sates Army Research, Development and Engineering Command might consider creating Brochures about this invention to distribute to other such divisions in the Army, informing them of the innovation.
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