Inflatable incubator for premature babies
One of the major problems for developing countries is the lack of conditions for caring for premature babies. It is easier in Russia with this problem - we have quite good incubators, in which small children are placed at the right time. And where there are no doctors with a fire in the afternoon, and the hospital did not smell - what are the conditions?
Here for such places was invented MOM - inflatable incubator for premature babies. And the project won the Dyson Award .
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The incubator project was originally a term paper by James Robert at the Faculty of Industrial Design. As he himself said, his teacher spoke on this topic: everything that does not solve some important problem is nonsense.
James Dyson and James Roberts.
In recent years, the incubator has not changed much. This air-conditioned box, which is maintained at a certain temperature. In the case of MOM, the system is the same, only a few innovative chips are added to reduce the cost and make the device smaller. The device after deployment becomes a meter long, the temperature is maintained using ceramic heaters. Inflatable walls help to keep the temperature - as well as the double-glazed windows in buildings.
In addition, the device is equipped with a phototherapy lamp, which is needed to help children with jaundice - this is another important problem in developing countries. In general, the "jaundice", as it is called, all newborns have, since they have a very large liver relative to other organs, but it is important to ensure that there are no complications.
At the moment, the estimated cost of such a device is $ 400, but James Roberts will still work on improving and reducing the cost.
Here for such places was invented MOM - inflatable incubator for premature babies. And the project won the Dyson Award .
')
The incubator project was originally a term paper by James Robert at the Faculty of Industrial Design. As he himself said, his teacher spoke on this topic: everything that does not solve some important problem is nonsense.
James Dyson and James Roberts.
In recent years, the incubator has not changed much. This air-conditioned box, which is maintained at a certain temperature. In the case of MOM, the system is the same, only a few innovative chips are added to reduce the cost and make the device smaller. The device after deployment becomes a meter long, the temperature is maintained using ceramic heaters. Inflatable walls help to keep the temperature - as well as the double-glazed windows in buildings.
In addition, the device is equipped with a phototherapy lamp, which is needed to help children with jaundice - this is another important problem in developing countries. In general, the "jaundice", as it is called, all newborns have, since they have a very large liver relative to other organs, but it is important to ensure that there are no complications.
At the moment, the estimated cost of such a device is $ 400, but James Roberts will still work on improving and reducing the cost.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/362715/
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