Newborn fitness patches for measuring and monitoring newborn health parameters

摘要

A newborn fitness patch device (100) for measuring and monitoring health parameters of a newborn baby, the device (100) comprising: a heart rate monitoring biosensor module (102) configured to measure the heart rate of the newborn baby; a set of axis sensors (104) configured to measure body motion factor, rates of motion, angle of motion, and directions of motion; a pulse oximeter sensor module (106) configured to measure blood oxygen content and blood oxygen saturation of the neonate by reflectance oximetry technique, wherein the pulse oximeter sensor module (106) and the heart rate monitor biosensor module (102) are equipped with a red light emitting diode ( LED), an infrared LED, a photodetector, an optical component and a low-noise electronic circuit with ambient light rejection are integrated; a bioimpedance sensor (108) configured to measure the newborn baby's sleep pattern to track the newborn baby's sleep pattern; a sound sensor (110) configured to sense sound from the newborn in terms of sound waves and intensity and to convert it into electrical signals, the sound sensor (110) includes a built-in capacitive microphone, a peak detector and an amplifier circuit; an infrared thermometer (112) configured to measure the temperature of the newborn without coming into contact with the newborn's body; a thermal mattress (116) configured to envelop the newborn, a liquid crystal display (LCD) (114) attached to the thermal mattress (116) for displaying digital readings received from the heart rate monitoring biosensor module (102), the set of axis sensors (104), the pulse oximeter sensor module (106), the bioimpedance sensor (108) and the sound sensor (110) are measured; and a microcontroller (118) containing a Bluetooth module (120) for controlling operations of the device, the Bluetooth module (120) being configured to provide the device (100) with a user interface for monitoring health parameters of the newborn Babies connected by a user with the thermal mattress (116) and the LCD unit (114) connected to the microcontroller (118).