DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-COST PHOTOTHERAPY NEONATAL BILIBLANKET FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Authors

  • FELICIA ADEDOTUN ONI Department of Biomedical Engineering, The First Technical University Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6512-7211
  • IDOWU ADETONA AYOADE Department of Biomedical Engineering, The First Technical University Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • OREOLUWA VICTOR AKANBI Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria.
  • ADEOLA JANET AKINPADE Department of Biomedical Engineering, The First Technical University Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • FEHINTOLUWA OLAWUMI ADEBAYO Department of Biomedical Engineering, The First Technical University Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Keywords:

low-cost biliblanket, hyperbilirubinemia, developing countries, neonatal phototherapy

Abstract

A study by WHO in 2020 shows an upsurge of neonate death in Africa due to lack of medical technology required to adequately treat hyperbilirubinemia. This study researches the use of Light Emitting Diodes in neonate phototherapy administration. The design used a categorized pulse sensor and a temperature sensor to monitor the neonate-health, a microcontroller regulated the wavelength of LEDs in the range of 450-500nm, 33µW/cm2/nm ± 15% irradiance with an illumination area of 700

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2023-03-13

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ONI, F. A., AYOADE, I. A., AKANBI, O. V., AKINPADE, A. J., & ADEBAYO, F. O. (2023). DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-COST PHOTOTHERAPY NEONATAL BILIBLANKET FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. Quantum Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology, 4(1), 22–34. Retrieved from https://qjoest.com/index.php/qjoest/article/view/85

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