29 November – 2 December 2010 I/ITSEC: IVIR Inc. recently demonstrated its Medical Training Evaluation and Reporting system (MeTER) at the I/ITSEC Expo and conference held in Orlando. IVIR supported the ARL STTC and the PEO SRI APM MedSim exhibit. The IVIR’s MeTER system is currently undergoing Beta testing at selected US Army Medical Simulation Training Centers (MSTC). IVIR also demonstrated its ARL STTC sponsored, hemorrhage control/orthopedic immobilization/IV placement, multitask training arms. All prototypes are capable of realistic tourniquet placement for hemorrhage control, splinting an orthopedic break, difficult IV insertion, and suturing. These prototypes display advancements in live tissue replacement technology and advanced mechanical designs and will greatly improve the skills of combat lifesavers, combat medics and corpsmen.
16 November 2010: IVIR Inc. was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Simulation and Training Technology Center (RDECOM – STTC) to conduct research and inventory available medical education simulation technology to minimize and/or replace the use of live tissue in medical education, provide a scientific basis for live tissue replication through current live tissue property data and realistic materials research and instantiation, and to use mathematical descriptions of human physiology to bring those materials to life. The program concept is to establish a systems engineering based feasibility analysis to investigate and inventory the current medical modeling and simulation venue for specific technologies that can be leveraged for live tissue minimization, firmly establish the educational requirements for the use of live tissue with specific advantages and disadvantages, identify existing anatomical and physiological models, constructs, and materials for potential application to live tissue training, investigate the current state of the art in tissue property modeling, and conduct a peer review of the research to determine its feasibility. The research team will work specifically with the United States Army, Special Operations Command, and the American College of Surgeons to support this effort.
August 13 2010: IVIR Inc. proudly announces the grand opening of their new offices located in the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park. This move is evidence of IVIR Inc.’s growth as a leader in medical research and development, as well as, the modeling, simulation, and training business.
July 14 2010: RDECOM STTC awarded IVIR Inc. and partner ECS the contract to Beta Test the Army’s Medical Training Evaluation and Review System (MeTER) at selected military installations. IVIR Inc. recently designed and delivered the prototype system and educational architecture for the first three phases of the project and populated the MeTER system with a bank of pre/post questions and checklists derived from Combat Lifesaver and Combat Medic Programs of Instruction. The MeTER system facilitates the insertion of additional modules with current modules consisting of applied medical skills and tactical skills, as well as full integration of any simulation or after action review system. This effort is for the United States Army Medical Simulation Training Centers (MSTCs) recently fielded by the Program Executive Office for Simulation Training and Instrumentation (PEOSTR).
June 1 2010: IVIR Inc. welcomes the newest member of its team, Ms. Erin Honold, as a biomedical/mechanical engineer. Ms. Honold is a graduate of the University Of Miami in Coral Gable, FL, and formerly worked for Virtual Reality Medical Center in Orlando, Florida.
May 26 2010: IVIR Inc. announces its new college intern program and welcomes its first intern, Ms. Christine Francoeur. Ms. Francoeur will enter her sophomore year at the University Of Miami in Coral Gable, FL.
May 10-13 2010: IVIR Inc. participated in the U.S. Army EMS Conference held in San Antonio TX. Ms. Catherine Strayhorn, and Ms. Nadine Baez, demonstrated the company’s Medical Training Evaluation and Review System (MeTER), which was developed for the United States Army Medical Simulation Training Centers (MSTCs) to evaluate training of Combat Medics (68W) and Combat Life Savers (CLS) courses.
May 13 2010: IVIR Inc. was awarded Phase-2 of the RDECOM STTC Partial Task Training Arm (PTT-Arm) Contract. With the completion of Phase-1, three prototype PTT-Arms were developed achieving the goal of creating more realistic, upper extremity, partial task trainers, for more effective military Warfighter training. The phase-2 effort will continue to advance the prototypes to increasing levels of fidelity, including the area of Live Tissue Replacement.
May 6-8 2010: IVIR Inc. participated in the Medical Technology, Training, and Treatment (MT3) Conference held in Orlando Fl. Mr. Jay Anton, Ms. Emily Burns Anton, and Ms. Nadine Baez, demonstrated the company’s Medical Training Evaluation and Review System (MeTER) as well as Live Tissue Replacement technology.
April 28 2010: IVIR Inc. personnel supported The University of Central Florida Business Incubator ribbon-cutting ceremony in Osceola County. IVIR Inc., in partnership with the UCF Incubator and METSI LLC, has established a Medical Simulation Center in St. Cloud, Osceola County FL. This Center will serve as a simulation and medical training community asset for the City of St. Cloud.
9-10 March 2010: IVIR Inc. presented briefings at the National Center for Simulation’s (NCS) MEDSIG meetings with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, the surgical arm of Johnson & Johnson, as well as, Dr. Rick Satava, the US Army’s Medical Research and Material Command (MRMC) Science Advisor, Dr. Frazier Glen, Principal Assistant, R&D for MRMC, and COL Karl Friedl, director of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). The briefings were presented by key industry members of NCS engaged in Medical and Healthcare simulation to demonstrate industry commitment and support for this market place.
4 March 2010: The University of Central Florida’s Institute for Simulation and Training (IST) has awarded IVIR Inc. a contract to collaborate in facilitating organization of the medical simulation user, developer, and regulatory communities by gathering and assessing current information on the technology, pedagogy, regulatory & certification requirements, and current use for the US Army’s Research Development and Engineering command (RDECOM). The study will compare aviation and medical simulation evolution to establish an overarching architecture for medical simulation and live, constructive, and virtual simulation. The project will assess current and future use of medical simulation technology to include vendors’ products, services, and developments, as well as, future directions in medical simulation training effectiveness development.
20 February 2010: Ms. Nadine Baez, Project Manager for IVIR Inc., was awarded the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Certificate from the University of Central Florida College of Business Administration Incubator Program. Ms Baez is in charge of the Osceola Community Based Medical Simulation Center.
25 January 2010: Ms. Catherine Strayhorn, CEO of IVIR Inc., has been appointed to the newly formed, Technology and Standards Subcommittee for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). The group has been formed as a beginning effort to investigate the establishment of technology standards for simulation in healthcare.
25 January 2010: IVIR Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Ms. Ashley Hilton. Ms. Hilton joins IVIR as accountant and comptroller. She is a graduate of the University of Florida.
15 January 2010: Ms. Emily Burns Anton, founder of IVIR Inc., has been re-appointed as a voting member of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation & Conference (I/ITSEC) Simulation Subcommittee. I/ITSEC is sponsored by the National Training and Simulation Association, an affiliate of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA). Ms. Burns Anton represents expertise in medical modeling and simulation.