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Spinoff story
Pressure Garments Save New Mothers’ Lives
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
In the 1960s, Ames Research Center used an astronaut G-suit to successfully treat a woman suffering from post-obstetric hemorrhaging. Subsequent research showed that a noninflatable garment could effectively and more safely treat the condition. Suellen Miller, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco and founder of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, now uses a garment developed using NASA_s research to help women suffering from post-obstetric hemorrhaging in low-resource settings around the world.