Low Power Remote Neonatal Temperature Monitoring Device

Hiteshwar Rao, Dhruv Saxena, Saurabh Kumar, Sagar G. V., Bharadwaj Amrutur, Prem Mony, Prashanth Thankachan, Kiruba Shankar, Suman Rao, Swarnarekha Bhat

2014

Abstract

In er we present the desigthis papn of a wearable temperature sensing device for remote neonatal monitoring. It is designed for continuous and real-time monitoring of the infants in remote rural areas, for the first few weeks after their birth. It is capable of sensing the neonate’s skin temperature with 0.1◦ C accuracy to detect the early onset of hypothermia. The sensed data is transferred securely over bluetooth low energy radio to a nearby gateway, which then relays the information to a central database for real time monitoring. The device incorporates a medical grade thermistor which is directly interfaced to a microcontroller with an integrated bluetooth low energy radio. Low power optimizations at both the circuit and software levels ensure sleep currents of only 1uA, ensuring very long battery life. The device is packaged in a baby friendly, water proof housing and is easily sterilizable and reusable.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rao H., Saxena D., Kumar S., G. V. S., Amrutur B., Mony P., Thankachan P., Shankar K., Rao S. and Bhat S. (2014). Low Power Remote Neonatal Temperature Monitoring Device . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-013-0, pages 28-38. DOI: 10.5220/0004798300280038

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices14,
author={Hiteshwar Rao and Dhruv Saxena and Saurabh Kumar and Sagar G. V. and Bharadwaj Amrutur and Prem Mony and Prashanth Thankachan and Kiruba Shankar and Suman Rao and Swarnarekha Bhat},
title={Low Power Remote Neonatal Temperature Monitoring Device},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={28-38},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004798300280038},
isbn={978-989-758-013-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2014)
TI - Low Power Remote Neonatal Temperature Monitoring Device
SN - 978-989-758-013-0
AU - Rao H.
AU - Saxena D.
AU - Kumar S.
AU - G. V. S.
AU - Amrutur B.
AU - Mony P.
AU - Thankachan P.
AU - Shankar K.
AU - Rao S.
AU - Bhat S.
PY - 2014
SP - 28
EP - 38
DO - 10.5220/0004798300280038