Open AccessA Safe and Comfort Bed for Cerebral Palsy Babies-Bedstead
Author(s) -
Sindu Divakaran,
J Bethanney Janney,
T. D. Sudhakar,
W. Antony Josephine Snowfy,
M. Melinda Morais,
S. Krishnakumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1937/1/012019
Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , muscle tone , buzzer , physical medicine and rehabilitation , alarm , medicine , paresis , crying , psychology , physical therapy , engineering , surgery , psychiatry , aerospace engineering
Cerebral palsy is a disorder that affects the muscle tone, movement and motor skills. Few percent of children affected with cerebral palsy experience problems while sleeping. These include seizure attacks, muscle spasms, pain, respiratory problems, etc. Bedstead is a unique bed designed for the cerebral palsy babies, which automatically massages the baby using vibration motors when some discomfort arises. An EMG placed on the baby senses the muscle spasms, which drives the vibration motors. Additionally, an accelerometer sensor detects seizure attacks by the principle of fall detection. During a seizure attack, a technical buzzer will alarm the caregivers, thereby reducing life-threatening conditions. If left untreated, these complications can result in dangerous situations. Another feature of this set up is that the parameters sensed is uploaded in a cloud, and also sent to caregivers as well. This bed ensures that the babies can have a deep and uninterrupted sleep with little or no intervention from the professional caregivers or family members.