An Integrated Incubator Module for Pediatric Patient Monitoring Systems

Abstract

Patient monitoring systems (PMS) is a method used for rating and controlling of the treatments and disorders. While PMS offers as wearable technologies for adults; it is used for adapting to incubator modules to ensure continuous and instant monitoring for newborn babies at the pediatric level. The purpose of this study is to make a pediatric PMS with the ability to be integrated to all type of classical incubators, and monitoring the conditions of the newborn babies with various sensors. It is designed as an Arduino based system that instantly records the variables such as temperature, humidity, air quality to the server using Wi-Fi connection and instantly providing the monitoring ability for clinicians and nurses. Accelerometer is used to control the baby's awake and asleep status, and patientbased safe identification and assessments are made using RFID. As a result, a system has been designed to integrate all the classical incubators and ensure that a large number of incubators can be monitored from a single center.