Omoverhi
Research - San Francisco, California, United States
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The infant mortality rate in Nigeria is 95.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. This rate is nearly 10X the United States. Omoverhi's goal is to combat this infant mortality rate by developing a low-cost, sustainable, maintainable, and alternative-energy-powered neonatal incubator.The incubator is designed to provide Nigeria and other developing nations with the resources necessary to adequately care for a premature child with greater efficiency and extended capabilities than existing incubation solutions. The incubator operates using solar-thermal and photoelectric energy. Not only is this design more energy efficient than any incubation solution available in any market, it is also the most maintainable in environments where repair services or unique parts are hard to come by.The Omoverhi incubator receives all of its energy from solar power to maintain interior air temperature with adherence to the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) standards and design specifications similar to those of the developed world incubators. The incubator's physical design enables medical staff to easily access the infant and may be constructed of locally available materials which are biocompatible with the infant. A photovoltaic panel powers the electrical systems, pumps, and fans. A solar thermal system heats the incubator. Bed incline, air temperature sensors, and air quality sensors leverage various in-market solutions.
