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Health Monitoring for Newborns2009-2010 (2 semesters)Client prof. dr. Sidarto Bambang Oetomo, Head of Neonatalogy at Maxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven Briefing This project started as a Master's 1st semester Design Project, and continued as a 2nd semester Research Project; hence a duration of 2 semesters. The essential brief was as following: Design As a follow-up to the first iteration of the Smart Jacket, I decided to focus on measuring the Breathing Rate using a non-intrusive method of dynamically measuring the expansion/contraction of the baby's lungs from the outside. Thus a new Breathing sensor was developed with special stretch fabric with conductive capabilities, which changes in resistance when stretched. The sensor was implemented in the form of the previous smart Jacket, taking into account factors such as comfort and electric shielding for the testing procedures and potential final product. The prototype was entirely sewn and constructed by me, medically approved by the hospital for small testing and fully tested on real patients in the NICU. |