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Today, phototherapy devices are used totreat newborn jaundice. However, there are some cases that the commercialphototherapy devices are inadequate. Most of the device are controlled only atthe certain interval that prevents instantaneous monitoring the newborn’s vitalparameters. For other cases, devices areone-way lighting. In addition, when the baby is taken away from the device,unnecessary lighting causes the decrease in LED’s lifetime. In the scope of thestudy, intensive phototherapy device was developed to eliminate deficienciesthat are mentioned above. Properties of the developed phototherapy device are;Automatic detection of newborn's presence, double-sided illumination,continuous monitoring with IP webcam, temperature measurement of theenvironment and also newborn’s body temperature. The light intensity of thedevice was measured with a photometer as 28.6 μW/cm²/nm that was obtained from460nm wavelength LED illumination in both top and bottom in accordance with theAmerican Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guideline.
Cite this article as: Akşahin M.Multifunctional Phototherapy Device Design. Electrica, 2019; 19(1): 65-71.