Wireless Infant Monitoring Device for the prevention of sudden infant death syndrome

A wireless Infant Monitoring Device has been developed as a preventive measure against sudden infant death syndrome. It measures the sleep position, respiratory rate and body temperature of an infant as well as its surrounding carbon monoxide concentration. Those data are considered as the risk factors of the sudden infant death syndrome. They are analyzed on board and results are transmitted to a remote server via Wi-Fi. Alarms will be triggered if any of the monitored parameters is beyond the preset limits. The system was tested on an infant manikin driven by an infant ventilator. Test outcomes demonstrated that it can reliably measure respiratory rate down to the low respiratory pressure of 3 mmHg peak to peak in addition to the infant position, temperature and carbon monoxide concentration. The device can be easily integrated into cloud service to enhance its features with its wireless communication capabilities.