Accession Number:

ADA561895

Title:

The Design and Development of the Topside Decompression Monitor

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. Aug 2004-Feb 2011

Corporate Author:

NAVY EXPERIMENTAL DIVING UNIT PANAMA CITY FL

Personal Author(s):

• Boone, Henry

Report Date:

2011-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

Abstract:

In 2004 Navy Experimental Diving Unit was tasked to prototype a dive data collection and management system. As a topside decompression monitor TDM, the system must be able to operate at remote diving locations and provide dive supervisors and operators with real-time dive decompression information. The TDM will collect diver depth and temperature information and update this into its TDM topside computer, which has been programmed to provide real-time decompression schedules for the divers. TDM hardware components include a laptop computer, instrumentation case, diver instrumentation cable, and diver-worn depth sensor its software components include a decompression program and a data management program. Special permission is currently obtained to actively use the TDM in an ongoing diving operation. The TDM monitors diver depth, computes real-time decompression profiles,and provides information to dive supervisors and operators, so that they can act to ensure the safety of the divers. The TDM is in the field and is being received in a positive manner by dive supervisors and operators using the system.

Descriptors:

• *DECOMPRESSION
• *DIVING
• *MONITORS
• DIVERS
• INSTRUMENTATION
• NAVAL RESEARCH
• PROTOTYPES
• SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Subject Categories:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Biomedical Instrumentation and Bioengineering
• Life Support Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE