First Empire

02 · Human systems

The body never
stops changing.

Even when it stops moving.

Physiology

Circulation Signals Sensing Interpretation Response

Everything the body does leaves a signal. Most of it goes unread.

Copper vascular branches across a pale pearl surface
Arthur Menson Labs

Engineering
the human system.

The group’s research institute reads physiology as an engineering discipline: sense it, understand it, respond to it.

DFPAS · Dynamic Foot Pump Assessment System

From signal
to response.

  1. 01Sense

    What is happening?

  2. 02Understand

    What does it mean?

  3. 03Respond

    What should happen next?

  4. 04Adapt

    What changes over time?

    In design.
The platform
Environments

The environment changes.
The human system remains.

  1. 01Clinical
  2. 02Mobility
  3. 03Aviation
  4. 04Extreme
  5. 05OrbitConceptual
An airliner over sunlit clouds at golden hour

The farther we go,
the more health must travel with us.

Status

Programs and status

  • DFPASDynamic Foot Pump Assessment System

    A closed-loop wearable architecture for detecting venous pooling in the limb and responding to it.

    RESEARCH — see disclosures

    Research stage. Clinical studies planned.

  • FLEXOR Sock System

    A compression system studied for its effect on circulation in the lower limb.

  • AESSEmergency Autonomic Stimulator

    Research into rapid response to autonomic dysfunction.

    IN DEVELOPMENT — see disclosures

    In development — ahead of availability and FDA clearance.

  • In-Flight Companion

    Passenger health monitoring research for prolonged seated immobility.

  • Remote Neuromuscular Stimulation Suite

    Investigation into remotely supervised neuromuscular stimulation.

    RESEARCH — see disclosures

    Research phase — ahead of availability and FDA clearance.

Application areas describe research direction. Human-systems research is conducted through Arthur Menson Labs, a nonprofit research institute within the group. Structure and status