Smart mattress for neonatal care
Pressure sensitive mattress for neonatal care
As many infants cared for in an intensive care environment develop disturbed motion and sleep rhythm, monitoring disturbances in movements, sleep and respiration patters can give an early indication that medical support should be sought. The project aims at developing a non-obtrusive monitoring system for premature infants. The system comprises a fiber optic-based pressure-sensitive mattress is positioned under the standard mattress of the infant鈥檚 bed.
Research Collaboration
Researchers Identify Early Physiological Markers Linked to Later Development in Preterm Infants
As part of a larger project on neonatal development, (L) and (R) examined how preterm infants mature during their first six weeks of life, using routinely collected physiological data such as heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation.
Their analysis compared infants with and without major morbidities during their neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay and extended to children whose developmental outcomes were known at age two.
The researchers found that early physiological differences are already visible in the NICU period. Both between infants with and without serious medical complications and between those who later show normal versus delayed development.
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