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Smart Jacket Design for Improving Comfort of Neonatal Monitoring

Smart Jacket Design for Improving Comfort of Neonatal Monitoring

Wei Chen, Sibrecht Bouwstra
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781466609754|ISBN10: 1466609753|EISBN13: 9781466609761
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0975-4.ch017
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Chen, Wei, and Sibrecht Bouwstra. "Smart Jacket Design for Improving Comfort of Neonatal Monitoring." Neonatal Monitoring Technologies: Design for Integrated Solutions, edited by Wei Chen, et al., IGI Global, 2012, pp. 361-385. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0975-4.ch017

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Chen, W. & Bouwstra, S. (2012). Smart Jacket Design for Improving Comfort of Neonatal Monitoring. In W. Chen, S. Oetomo, & L. Feijs (Eds.), Neonatal Monitoring Technologies: Design for Integrated Solutions (pp. 361-385). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0975-4.ch017

Chicago

Chen, Wei, and Sibrecht Bouwstra. "Smart Jacket Design for Improving Comfort of Neonatal Monitoring." In Neonatal Monitoring Technologies: Design for Integrated Solutions, edited by Wei Chen, Sidarto Bambang Oetomo, and Loe Feijs, 361-385. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0975-4.ch017

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Abstract

Health monitoring is crucial for the survival of ill and premature infants admitted at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in a hospital. The reliability and comfort of monitoring systems will impact on the quality of life and long-term health prospects of the neonates. This chapter presents the ongoing design work of a smart jacket for improving comfort of neonatal monitoring. Textile sensors, a reflectance pulse oximeter, and a wearable temperature sensor are developed to be embedded into the smart jacket. The authors also report a power supply and wireless communication system developed for the smart jacket. Sensor locations, materials, and appearance are designed to optimize the functionality, patient comfort and the possibilities for aesthetic features. Prototypes are presented for demonstrating the design concept, and experimental results for functional performance are shown from the tests on premature babies at the NICU of Máxima Medical Centre (MMC) in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.

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