LED light therapy lets parents say goodbye to separation and allows jaundiced newborns to be treated at home
Benwei LED lighting: Most newborns will have a little or more severe jaundice, especially severe cases need to enter the hospital "phototherapy box" for isolation, which is very reluctant and helpless for families who have just received a baby matter. Recently, students in Rhode Island developed an LED light therapy to let parents say goodbye to separation and allow jaundiced newborns to receive treatment at home.
Due to liver or spleen problems, people with jaundice cannot properly metabolize bilirubin in the blood, resulting in yellowing of the eyes and skin. At present, the mainstream treatment method for neonatal jaundice is "phototherapy box", which uses the lamp in the box to decompose bilirubin, but the baby inside cannot physically contact with the parents during the treatment, and needs to use protective glasses to protect the eyes. Recently, students from the University of Rhode Island have developed a medical jumpsuit combined with LED light therapy, so that newborns with jaundice can receive light therapy at home, and doctors can also receive their physiological data remotely. The wearable device is a baby jumpsuit equipped with hundreds of LED lights, which can cover the arms, legs and torso of the baby. The jumpsuit can be connected to the Internet and collect the physiological data of the human body. The internal LED lights can also be controlled remotely. . LED lights can decompose bilirubin in the baby's body and prevent children's eyes from being damaged by phototherapy. In medical research, doctors can remotely measure heart rate and activity status, and can record patients' data outside the hospital. Parents are more likely to participate care.
LED light therapy can only cover the trunk and limbs, so it takes longer treatment time. I also hope that it can be improved again, so that the jaundiced neonates can say goodbye to the "phototherapy box" medical treatment in the hospital and reunite with their families.
