Why we uses the apnea monitor..

Introduction

Significant new information has been forthcoming in recent decades on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and apnea during early infancy. This statement focuses on the epidemiologic aspects of SIDS, the lack of a proven association between episodic apnea and SIDS, strategies for prevention of SIDS, and appropriate use of home cardio respiratory monitoring. Apnea monitors were first introduced in the mid-1960s for the management of apnea of prematurity in hospital settings. Subsequently, cardio respiratory monitoring has become widely used in the care of infants with a variety of acute and chronic disorders.

The term of Development of Home Apnea Monitor using stretch sensor is a devices or machine that detects your baby's chest movement (breathing).If your baby's heart rate slows down (bradycardia) or the chest stops moving (apnea), the monitor will produce alarm and vibration motor to alert you to check on your baby. An apnea monitor is not a cure for apnea but to prevent and warn the surrounding people especially for the parents about the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The machine will alarm to let you know when your baby may need help or there are problems with the equipment. When you hear the monitor's alarm you must check on your baby right away for each time. This project is designed using stretch sensor to detect baby chest movement and using (alarm + vibration motor) to more cures about your baby. When the baby breathing the stretch sensor will be contract and relax like the process of breathing we called inhalation and exhalation of diaphragm .When the baby stop breathing (apnea) no contractions happen. If it happen in 15 to 20 second  the sensor will send the signal to produced alarm ,and the same time  the vibration motor will be ON in the Apnea belt of wrapping the around of baby chest. This project not only give alert to parent but also give vibration to baby to get breath. Therefore with this to ensure the parent always looks the baby during sleep. So it can help to reduce the SIDS syndrome.