Portable Smart Neonatal Incubator with Improvised Alarm System

Abstract

The neonatal period, first 28 days of life, is the most crucial and foundational period for a child's survival. Unfortunately, it is recorded that 2.6 million infants die each year during this period, owing to traditional manual monitoring coupled with problems such as alarm fatigue in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) which results in negligence during emergency situations. Moreover, most modern NICUs rely on heavily wired devices to track the vitals making it uncomfortable for the infant and difficult for the caregivers and parents to interact with them. The purpose of this research is to use the capabilities of Internet of Things (IoT) to automate the monitoring and controlling of neonatal vitals while making the process largely wireless and hence portable. The proposed study also pushes to solve the issue of alarm fatigue through an improvised alarm system.