The Distributed Triage Lattice is a deployable diagnostic and stabilization system consisting of twelve interconnected biosensor patches linked by a flexible conductive mesh to a central processing hub roughly the size of a deck of cards. When applied across a patient's body, the mesh network continuously samples blood oxygen, pressure at wound sites, core temperature, neural activity, and the bioelectric signatures of internal organ function, feeding all data to the hub which generates a real-time triage priority map displayed on an integrated micro-display or transmitted to a connected medic's HUD. The system diagnoses what the naked eye cannot see — internal hemorrhage, organ perfusion failure, shock onset, and spinal instability — and flags each condition with a color-coded severity rating and suggested intervention.

Tessera Corponation's background in ambient inference systems is evident in the Lattice's design philosophy: it is built not to replace medical expertise but to extend it across distance and sensory limitation. A single medic can deploy multiple Lattice kits on separate patients and monitor all of them simultaneously through a networked display, triaging mass casualty situations with a clarity that would otherwise require a full medical team. The mesh patches communicate through the patient's own bioelectric field, eliminating the need for wired connections and allowing the system to function through clothing, body armor, and even some cyberware casings.

The Distributed Triage Lattice is primarily issued to corporate mass-casualty response units, military medical contractors, and Tessera Corponation's own security medical staff, but has found significant uptake among organized criminal operations that run enough personnel to justify its cost. It is not a treatment device — it diagnoses and monitors, but the actual intervention must come from a human medic or supplementary equipment. Street-level operators often find its cost prohibitive, but those who do acquire one tend to build small informal triage networks around it, becoming indispensable to their crews.