Remote Biomonitoring Device for kangaroo mother care of neonatal

Researchers at St John’s Research Institute, Neonatologists at St Johns Hospital in collaboration with Indian Institute of science, have developed a wearable device to monitor the infant’s temperature and kangaroo mother care. the device which is strapped on to infant’s chest sends temperature and KMC data to the server, where it is analyzed to detect various abnormalities and send feedback to the healthcare workers to take necessary action.

This device has been tested in urban areas of Bangalore and remote rural areas of Karnataka in a feasibility study consisting of 100 pre-term infants