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Hey everybody,
I have a case with which you might be able to help me out a little bit.
Together with 5 fellow students I am trying to solve a problem existing in rural hospitals in Lampang (Thailand). The problem there is that they don't have enough money to purchase a proper system to support premature and Ill baby's. The actually use beanbags that are heated in the microwave.
Every year lot's of baby's die because of this lack of resources.
Our team wants to come up with a solution for this problem. This might be a really cheap and accessible version of our advanced incubators, but it could also be something totally new, or maybe even some sort of service.
The reason I post this message on the forum is to increase the amount of people that are thinking with me to get closer to the solution.
Maybe some of you have useful ideas, or knowledge you want to share with us.
We are currently looking for cheap ways to create some kind of enclosure/embracement that can create, maintain and monitor a constant temperature, and humidity.
Thinking about using electrical blankets or something similar. Maybe we can monitor by connecting patches to the baby's body and using Ipad's for displaying the temperature, hart rhythm etc. of the baby.
We just started working on the project last Thursday so we are nowhere yet. It is a actual problem however, and if we as a team succeed to come up with a good solution within three months, we have a chance of going to Thailand to implement the novelty.
If people are interested in this project, I would be glad to post about the progress and upcoming questions once in a while, and maybe receive some input from your side.
Looking forward to your replies.
Thanks!
Pieter Doevendans
I have a case with which you might be able to help me out a little bit.
Together with 5 fellow students I am trying to solve a problem existing in rural hospitals in Lampang (Thailand). The problem there is that they don't have enough money to purchase a proper system to support premature and Ill baby's. The actually use beanbags that are heated in the microwave.
Every year lot's of baby's die because of this lack of resources.
Our team wants to come up with a solution for this problem. This might be a really cheap and accessible version of our advanced incubators, but it could also be something totally new, or maybe even some sort of service.
The reason I post this message on the forum is to increase the amount of people that are thinking with me to get closer to the solution.
Maybe some of you have useful ideas, or knowledge you want to share with us.
We are currently looking for cheap ways to create some kind of enclosure/embracement that can create, maintain and monitor a constant temperature, and humidity.
Thinking about using electrical blankets or something similar. Maybe we can monitor by connecting patches to the baby's body and using Ipad's for displaying the temperature, hart rhythm etc. of the baby.
We just started working on the project last Thursday so we are nowhere yet. It is a actual problem however, and if we as a team succeed to come up with a good solution within three months, we have a chance of going to Thailand to implement the novelty.
If people are interested in this project, I would be glad to post about the progress and upcoming questions once in a while, and maybe receive some input from your side.
Looking forward to your replies.
Thanks!
Pieter Doevendans