Reliable Infant Warmer to Avoid Accidental Overheating of Newborn

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VI, Issue XII, December 2019 | ISSN 2321–2705

Reliable Infant Warmer to Avoid Accidental Overheating of Newborn

Yadnesh S.Basutkar, Prof S.S.Hippargi

Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, N B Navale Sinhgad College of Engineering, Solapur, Maharashtra, India

Abstract- Hypothermia at birth is one of the most important risk factors for newborn baby, As per WHO more than 60% newborn babies suffers from Hypothermia . To avoid risk of Hypothermia most of the doctors use infant warmer or incubator to mentioning temperature i.e. 36.5 oC. As per literature survey in existing system one of the key challenges is overheating of warmer as the sensor moves away from the body of infant. Most warmers commonly use only one sensor that is Skin sensor, if this sensor goes away from body as well as from bed area then warmer goes overheating. So we require second sensor and that should be fixed on bed area. [1]
First stage is to develop a system that will continuously observe and Control the two side temperature that is Skin & Air Sensor.
Second Stage avoid Over Heating Problem, If ‘bed temperature’ or ‘baby temperature’ goes up to 38oC, So heater should not be ON to radiate heat energy above 38 oC.[5]
With the help of proposed system it is possible to overcome the ‘Overheating’ problem by using Two Sensors i.e. Skin Sensor & Air Sensor.

Keywords – World Health Organization (WHO), Hypothermia

I. INTRODUCTION

When baby temperature goes below 32oC then baby can have cold stress, also called Hypothermia. When the baby suffers from Hypothermia, a specific range temperature must be maintained to overcome Hypothermia. If baby does not get proper temperature then baby may suffer and lead to serious condition. WHO study in Ethiopia revealed that infants born outside the hospital have 67% of high-risk for hypothermic.[1]

Treatment of Hypothermia

There are number of treatment for hypothermia but most of the doctors are using infant Warmer and Incubator. Generally for the low birth infant doctor prefers Incubator, otherwise globally doctors’ preference is warmer. [1]

Radiant Heat Warmer / Intensive Care Warmer

The concept of head radiation is used in infant warmer, where the baby is placed on biocompatible bed and an overhead heater delivers radiant heat through open air environment from a specific distance on infant. A temperature sensor probe is used to monitor infant temperature which is used to control the Heat radiation. Radiation of heat can be controlled either manually or with servo mode. [2]
As Per WHO 400W heater is required and this must be placed 70 cm above the infant. Radiant warmer which is automatically controlled by using patient probe which is a temperature sensor attached to the skin. The automatic system turns ON the heat supply when the infant’s heat sensor indicates a lower temperature than the desired temperature and turns it OFF when the infant’s temperature reaches the maximum SET point. [1]

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