A Smart Device To Monitor Newborn Yolk Without Pricking Blood

The device is connected to the Internet, allowing doctors to monitor the child’s condition remotely, she showed Clinical trials The results agree with standard laboratory methods. The team plans to develop a smart lollipop to measure bilirubin in real time, which will facilitate monitoring of children and reduce the need for frequent medical visits.

The sensor is based on a paper sensitive to the natural dye curcumin, and records changes in the level of bilirubin when exposed to blue light via fluorescence recovery, allowing it to be measured accurately without taking blood samples.

The device is equipped with a portable electronic optical reader connected to the Internet, to transfer data directly to phones or computers, enabling doctors to monitor the child’s condition remotely.

And it showed Clinical trials On 18 children, the sensor’s measurements are highly consistent with standard laboratory methods, making it a reliable and safe alternative to expensive invasive methods.

The cost of manufacturing each piece of the sensor does not exceed one US cent, making it suitable for low-resource areas.

The team plans to develop a smart lollipop to measure bilirubin in real time, which will reduce the need for constant visits and sampling, and open the way for smart wearable health devices to improve newborn care.

This innovation is an important step towards accurate, safe and available methods for monitoring the health of newborns, capable of saving lives and improving the experience of doctors and parents in managing jaundice and associated diseases.