Designing an early stage prototype using readily available material for a neonatal incubator for poor settings

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1100-1103

  Olson, Kristian R ^a   Caldwell, Aya C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONATED EQUIPMENTS;

PEDIATRICS;

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; INCUBATOR; PILOT STUDY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 78650820038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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