Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
It's a fact than conflict erupts, more likely than not, someone is going to get hurt, especially the grunts on the ground. The Grand Army of the Republic issued Bio-Support Dispensers to its troops to provide a measure of immediate self-aid, and since then, it has not been altogether uncommon to see various types of medical self-aid kits being issued out to troops or incorporated in armors, such as the Integrated Medpac System of the AV-1A Assault Armor. As part of their gear-up to start producing more advanced armors, Tresk Ek'ala directed his team to study existing solutions on the market as well as to collaborate with their sister company, Lucerne Biological Systems, in order to make their own self-aid system. The result is the Asclepius, which builds on the tradition of the GAR's Bio-Support Dispensers and combines it with newer medical technology and more drug treatment options.
Asclepius fulfills two functions: providing a diagnostic understanding of the user, and dispensing different types of drugs into the user as needed. The first function is accomplished by using a copy of the RFX/K medisensor that has been modified to be integrated into clothing and armors. By establishing a baseline idea of the user when the user first puts the armor or clothing on, Asclepius can determine what physiological changes occur during certain situations and injuries and react accordingly, which brings Asclepius to its second function: providing appropriate drugs. For general injuries, Asclepius can pump bacta, kolta, or another general purpose healing agent to the needed location through an artificial capillary system before it is released from a one-way valve to begin local area healing. As a secondary function, Asclepius can use a pair of microsonic vibration injectors to painlessly provide direct drug access to the patient's arteries to immediately and quickly start rapid circulation of a drug for almost immediate effect. These drugs can range from performance enhancers to environmental adaptors to specific trauma treatments. As the Asclepius can hold a half-dozen types of drugs, this is typically a mixture with some general trauma treatment drugs and any of the other types.
Asclepius is currently in the process of being integrated into Lucerne Personal Defenses upcoming line of armors, though it could be added into an existing armor or integrated into a different manufacturer's armor. Aside from prominent usage in direct combat armors like traditional battle and power armors, it is likely to see some utilization in other related areas, such as flight suits and exploration suits.
- Intent: To provide Lucerne Personal Defense's own specific version of a Bio-Support Dispenser
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- Manufacturer: Lucerne Personal Defense
- Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi, Closed-Market
- Model: Asclepius Bio-Support Dispenser
- Modularity: Drug payloads
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: light-weight spun-plast casing, mass-null clip medication reservoirs, RFX/K Medisensor, micro-sonic vibration injectors, plastic tubing, various electronics
- Dual Injectors: Asclepius has two microsonic vibration injectors, allowing the unit to provide two different drug payloads simultaneously, allowing the user to better cope with grievous injuries or medical conditions. As an example of such use, to stave off severe bleeding, one injector may be providing PlasVol to replace lost blood, while the other injector may be supplying a coagulant to stop the actual wound from bleeding any further. Each injector is connected to the main part of asclepius by sterile plastic tubing, allowing the injectors to be moved based on individual anatomy to be placed above the user's arteries. This means that the injections immediately go into the arteries, providing swift circulation throughout the entire body.
- Modular Drug Payloads: Asclepius has six rotating mass-null clips (which contain a relatively large amounts of the drugs for the space they occupy), with three set up for each injector. This allows users to carry a variety of drugs, treatments, and other chemical concoctions that they might need. Commonly carried treatment drugs include PlasVol (temporary blood loss replacer), a coagulin (stops bleeding), gas binders (toxin-binder), or cordrazine (restarts vital body systems). Asclepius can also carry and use performance-enhancing drugs such as Vutalamine(to improve long-range shooting), Gylocal (stimulant/pain-suppressor) or Mnemiotic drugs (improved memory retention) . It may also be used to dispense drugs needed to help a user adapt to certain environments such as DiMatolin or Greshollpolyforim(when working in higher gravity than normal), Elisinandrox (anti-radiation medication), or Requilisant (when working low gravity or zero-G settings). Each mass-null clip typically carries about half-dozen of doses for these drugs, dependent on the specific drug and its strength.
- Bacta/Kolto/general med Dispenser: Like older Bio-support dispensers, Asclepius does have a small reservoir that can hold bacta, kolto, or another similar general purpose healing agent. Unlike older models, it keeps this medication in a pressurized mass-null clip to reduce the weight and size of the reservoir while still keeping the same actual mass and volume of the drug for treatment purposes. Based on reports from the medi-sensor or the user, this medication can be pumped through a series of plastic tubes to certain areas of the body/suit, where a one-way valve can release it to provide immediate local healing.
- Medi-sensor: Asclepius uses a modified RFX/K Medisensor to provide data about its user. Asclepius automatically scans its user when the user first puts on Asclepius or the Ascelpius-containing clothing. This scan provides a baseline set of data that the unit can then compare to in the future to determine new injuries or medical condition. Asclepius continually monitors the user's pulse and pulse oximetry through infrared light. When it detects significant changes here from baseline values, it automatically runs a detailed scan of the user. Alternatively, the user can manually request a scan by hitting a button or using a voice-command if Asclepius is integrated into a HUD system. Based on Asclepius's findings, the device can make rudimentary diagnoses and automatically begin administering the proper medication for the situation and informs the user of his condition. Alternatively, Asclepius can be set-up to query the user first before implementing any sort of interventions. Asclepius usually makes subsequent scans after a set period of time based on the drugs injected in order to assess effectiveness and user safety. It can only hold five scans though. After field use, these scans can be uploaded to the user's health record for future reference or if ongoing treatment is needed afterwards. If paired with a communication's system, such as an armor's HUD system, Asclepius can transmit periodic health reports to others, such as team-mates and commanders. It can alert those people if the user's status is compromised.
- Immediate Diagnosis: Asclepius can provide an automatic diagnosis about its user in situations where this is normally quite dangerous or impossible for medical personnel to inform.
- Versatile Drug Payload: Asclepius can be used with a wide variety of drugs and drug types, making it adaptable for different environments, species, or scenarios.
- Limited Diagnosis: Asclepius is limited in its diagnostic abilities compared to larger medisensors, save nothing of actual, normal medical personnel and devices. While reasonably accurate at making very rudimentary diagnoses, it is not a replacement for a full, detailed exam by a medical provider or normal medical diagnostic technology, who can usually provide more precise and tailored diagnoses (and a better understanding of interconnecting pathophysiology), which in turn leads to better outcomes for patients.
- Limited Treatment: Asclepius only can provide limited treatment to its user because of the relatively few types and amounts of drugs it carries. Also significantly, Asclepius only can provide drugs – which cannot treat all medical conditions, such as broken bones or anything requiring internal surgery.
It's a fact than conflict erupts, more likely than not, someone is going to get hurt, especially the grunts on the ground. The Grand Army of the Republic issued Bio-Support Dispensers to its troops to provide a measure of immediate self-aid, and since then, it has not been altogether uncommon to see various types of medical self-aid kits being issued out to troops or incorporated in armors, such as the Integrated Medpac System of the AV-1A Assault Armor. As part of their gear-up to start producing more advanced armors, Tresk Ek'ala directed his team to study existing solutions on the market as well as to collaborate with their sister company, Lucerne Biological Systems, in order to make their own self-aid system. The result is the Asclepius, which builds on the tradition of the GAR's Bio-Support Dispensers and combines it with newer medical technology and more drug treatment options.
Asclepius fulfills two functions: providing a diagnostic understanding of the user, and dispensing different types of drugs into the user as needed. The first function is accomplished by using a copy of the RFX/K medisensor that has been modified to be integrated into clothing and armors. By establishing a baseline idea of the user when the user first puts the armor or clothing on, Asclepius can determine what physiological changes occur during certain situations and injuries and react accordingly, which brings Asclepius to its second function: providing appropriate drugs. For general injuries, Asclepius can pump bacta, kolta, or another general purpose healing agent to the needed location through an artificial capillary system before it is released from a one-way valve to begin local area healing. As a secondary function, Asclepius can use a pair of microsonic vibration injectors to painlessly provide direct drug access to the patient's arteries to immediately and quickly start rapid circulation of a drug for almost immediate effect. These drugs can range from performance enhancers to environmental adaptors to specific trauma treatments. As the Asclepius can hold a half-dozen types of drugs, this is typically a mixture with some general trauma treatment drugs and any of the other types.
Asclepius is currently in the process of being integrated into Lucerne Personal Defenses upcoming line of armors, though it could be added into an existing armor or integrated into a different manufacturer's armor. Aside from prominent usage in direct combat armors like traditional battle and power armors, it is likely to see some utilization in other related areas, such as flight suits and exploration suits.
