Redesign of CPAP Device


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Creator/Artist: Deepanwita Ghosh

Category: Product Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2012-2014

Source: India,   IDC

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Purba Joshi & Prof G.G.Ray


Detailed Description

Recent studies and medical surveys on neonatal mortality have shown that India accounts for the maximum percentage of deaths among newborns worldwide, which is 28%. These newborn infants pass away primarily due to either of the following causes: infections due to prematurity, asphyxia, low birth weight, or pneumonia—complications that hospitals with low-end facilities cannot handle. Even if these infants stabilise and get discharged from the hospitals, they are susceptible to frequent chest respiratory infections and may have problems with asthma or other problems caused by the environment they go back to. The first 20–25 weeks after birth are a period of viability in which the infants are susceptible to acquiring infections if proper care is not taken. Three main reasons why, despite India’s growth, neonatal mortality rates remain high are: (i) socio-economic factors ii) a lack of infrastructure; iii) insufficient specialised staff for prenatal, postnatal, and post-natal care. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) equipment is a recent break-through innovation in the field of neonatology that is efficiently life-saving. The CPAP device is used in most developed countries to cure the causes of infant deaths mentioned previously. In spite of being a great boon, this equipment has some issues and problems associated with it that have been identified after studies and discussions with doctors. The objective of this project is therefore to facilitate the use of a CPAP device by making it compact, portable, easy to use, and easy to maintain. Use of the CPAP device in multiple directions was thought of, like during transit (emergency vans), in local clinics, where the accessibility of the people to obstetric care is much easier, and in hospitals, wherever its use is relevant and such that infant lives could be saved. The final concept arose from insights gained while considering the direction for establishing a local clinic.


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