Portable Baby Incubator for Monitoring Sleep Apnea

A baby incubator is a biomedical equipment that can provide warmth, humidity, and adjust the amount of oxygen input into a chamber for premature newborn babies for ideal conditions similar to those of the mother. Newly born babies or preterm babies are very sensitive to rough environments. Newborn mortality has been a global issue worldwide. Sleep Apnea disorder is a major concern in newborn neonates. Adding to this, newborns may have immature, underdeveloped lungs that necessitate care and additional oxygen. Existing models available in the market are expensive and at the same time very difficult to be used in remote locations like rural maternity centers, makeshift primary health centers or war-affected areas. Due to these issues, a Portable baby incubator is necessary that can provide the same environmental conditions as a mother’s womb does and monitors the baby’s vital conditions such as heartbeat, blood oxygenation level, skin temperature etc. The COVID-19 epidemic has made healthcare a top priority. Being physically present with the patients has become a huge problem for doctors. In such cases, implementing an application with hospital equipment such as a Smart Baby Incubator is necessary. Our goal is to make a smart baby incubator that can detect a baby’s vital parameters and indicate its deviation, from its normal state. The model is integrated with the mobile app so that doctors can track the baby’s condition remotely. In the presented model baby’s temperature, heart rate and SpO2 are monitored continuously. The efficiency of the model is tested on neonates and different age groups. The results obtained are found within the standard medical condition limits.