Mimo pillow : an intelligent cushion designed with maternal heart beat vibrations for comforting newborn infants

Premature infants are subject to numerous interventions ranging from a simple diaper change to surgery while residing in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). These neonates often suffer from pain, distress and discomfort during the first weeks of their lives. Although pharmacological pain treatment often is available, it cannot always be applied to relieve a neonate from pain or discomfort. This paper describes a non-pharmacological solution, called Mimo, which provides comfort through mediation of a parent's physiological features to the distressed neonate via an intelligent pillow system embedded with sensing and actuating functions. We present the design, the implementation and the evaluation of the prototype. Clinical tests at Máxima Medical Centre in the Netherlands show that among the 9 of 10 infants who showed discomfort following diaper change, a shorter recovery time to baseline Skin Conductance Analgesimeter (SCA) values could be measured when the maternal heartbeat vibration in the Mimo was switched on and in 7 of these 10 a shorter crying time was measure

Новые направления развития приборостроения

Издание включает материалы 17-й Международной научно-технической конференции молодых ученых и студентов «Новые направления развития приборостроения» по направлениям: информационно-измерительная техника и технологии; конструирование и производство приборов; микро- и нанотехника; оптоэлектроника, лазерная техника и технология; стандартизация, метрология и информационные системы; прикладные задачи приборостроения; техносфера и менеджмент спорта

Design of wireless sensor system for neonatal monitoring

In this paper, we present the application of wireless sensor technology and the advantages it will inherently have for neonatal care and monitoring at Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). An electrocardiography (ECG) readout board and a wireless transceiver module developed by IMEC at the Holst Centre in the Netherlands are embedded in the proposed wireless sensor systems in combination with the signal processing and software interface developed at the Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Through development of this prototype system, we opt to ensure correct data transmission, detection and display. The wireless system is designed to be suitable for integration into non-invasive monitoring platforms such as a smart neonatal jacket developed at TU/e. Experiments at Máxima Medical Centre (MMC) in Veldhoven, the Netherlands demonstrate the wireless transmission of ECG data from the smart jacket integrated with textile electrodes

Design of wireless sensor system for neonatal monitoring

In this paper, we present the application of wireless sensor technology and the advantages it will inherently have for neonatal care and monitoring at Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). An electrocardiography (ECG) readout board and a wireless transceiver module developed by IMEC at the Holst Centre in the Netherlands are embedded in the proposed wireless sensor systems in combination with the signal processing and software interface developed at the Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Through development of this prototype system, we opt to ensure correct data transmission, detection and display. The wireless system is designed to be suitable for integration into non-invasive monitoring platforms such as a smart neonatal jacket developed at TU/e. Experiments at Máxima Medical Centre (MMC) in Veldhoven, the Netherlands demonstrate the wireless transmission of ECG data from the smart jacket integrated with textile electrodes