Infant Incubator Monitoring System Based On I...

Infant Incubator Monitoring System Based On Iot

Author Name : A. Arunkumar, S. Saloni, S. Saran kumar, S. Swathi @ Roshini, B. Balasundaram

ABSTRACT

Growth parameters that parent often pay attention and monitoring for their infants are weight and temperature to determine the health condition of the infant. Parents don’t realize that the size of the head circumference reflects the brain volume. The head circumference is an important thing that should always be monitored the growth to see whether the infant's brain grow and develop normally or not. Generally, doctors or midwives use a separate measuring instrument. The use of separate measuring instruments requires considerable time and digital measuring instrument. This study aims to make a tool in one system that consists of three measurement parameters including weight, temperature, and head circumference. The tool can record the parameters automatically. The parameters automatically measure the infant's weight, temperature, and head circumference to determine the condition of the infant. The tool is operated through IoT (internet of things) which can facilitate paramedic to monitor the infant's situation wherever and whenever through internet network that can be accessed via web or Android. In this paper, we focus on the modification of incubator with inbuilt measuring parameters such as temperature, head circumference, weight, and pulse oximetry, with the help of sensors and monitoring of these parameters using IoT platform. The input parameters are processed by Arduino Mega 2560 and Wi-fi module is interfaced to send the data to the cloud (Losant enterprise platform) for updating. The output of these parameters can be monitored by using a laptop or android smartphone with internet connection.

Keywords: IoT, Pulse oximeter, Android, Arduino Mega 2560, Wi-fi module, Losant platform