A premature infant needs a stable thermal environment. This paper studies if the infant weight can be employed in the standard heat regulation system in incubators. This was done in two stages. First, a weight sensor was designed by means of using strain gauge in order to provide weight measurement. Later, a heat regulation circuit was designed and implemented by means of using a microcontroller. The humidity, environmental and skin temperature, and infant's weight are measured and used as inputs. The experiments showed that infant's weight can be successfully added to the control circuit in the incubator instrument. The results showed that infant's weight can productively contribute in temperature control with good confidence. The average standard error was equal to 0.48 °C. The results reveal that the infant's weight can contribute to increase quality assurance of incubators.
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Toward Incorporating the Infant Weight Into Incubator's Automatic Temperature Control
Bassam Al-Naami,
Bassam Al-Naami
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
e-mail: b.naami@hu.edu.jo
Hashemite University,
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Abdel-Razzak Al-Hinnawi,
Abdel-Razzak Al-Hinnawi
Department of Medical Imaging,
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 330127,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
e-mail: hinawiabed@hu.edu.jo
Hashemite University,
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Ahmad Al-Kiswani,
Ahmad Al-Kiswani
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Hashemite University,
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Ala'a Dahabreh,
Ala'a Dahabreh
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
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Faris Al-Assaf,
Faris Al-Assaf
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
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Mohd Kullab
Mohd Kullab
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Hashemite University,
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Bassam Al-Naami
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
e-mail: b.naami@hu.edu.jo
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
e-mail: b.naami@hu.edu.jo
Abdel-Razzak Al-Hinnawi
Department of Medical Imaging,
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 330127,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
e-mail: hinawiabed@hu.edu.jo
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 330127,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
e-mail: hinawiabed@hu.edu.jo
Ahmad Al-Kiswani
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
Ala'a Dahabreh
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
Faris Al-Assaf
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
Mohd Kullab
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
Hashemite University,
P.O. Box 150459,
Zarqa 13115, Jordan
1Corresponding author.
Manuscript received June 20, 2015; final manuscript received January 26, 2016; published online February 11, 2016. Editor: Rupak K. Banerjee.
J. Med. Devices. Mar 2016, 10(1): 011007 (6 pages)
Published Online: February 11, 2016
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Received:
June 20, 2015
Revised:
January 26, 2016
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Al-Naami, B., Al-Hinnawi, A., Al-Kiswani, A., Dahabreh, A., Al-Assaf, F., and Kullab, M. (February 11, 2016). "Toward Incorporating the Infant Weight Into Incubator's Automatic Temperature Control." ASME. J. Med. Devices. March 2016; 10(1): 011007. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032633
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