A Safe and Comfort Bed for Cerebral Palsy Babies-Bedstead

Abstract

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.

Systematic Review of Sleep Monitoring Systems for Babies: Research Issues, Current Status, and Future Challenges

“…Additional wearable sensors can be installed for advanced monitoring Pain [32] Cerebral palsy [32] Not used/E.M.G. sensors, vibration motors, accelerometer A good outcome for better sleep by providing a massage efect to avoid muscle spasms and safety by detecting seizure attacks…”

“…Jabbar et al [31] designed a smart cradle; it helps in the detection of crying and the surrounding environmental conditions to avoid risky situations such as SIDS. Divakaran et al [32] designed a unique bed named "Bedstead" to save babies from dangerous situations such as cerebral palsy, which includes seizure attacks, discomfort, respiratory problems, muscle spasms, etc. Te author ensures that babies can have profound and uninterrupted sleep with little or no disruption.…”