A Handy Preterm Infant Incubator for Providing Intensive Care: Simulation, 3D Printed Prototype, and Evaluation

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Preterm infant intensive care method</td><td class="align_left">Overall performance (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Commercial incubator</td><td class="align_center">33.3 ± 0.8%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Transport incubator</td><td class="align_center">41.7 ± 0.7%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Radiant warmer</td><td class="align_center">37.5 ± 0.9%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)<sup>∗</sup></td><td class="align_center">75.0 ± 1.4%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Embrace warmer<sup>∗</sup></td><td class="align_center">66.7 ± 1.5%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Handy incubator<sup>∗</sup></td><td class="align_center"><b>91.7 ± 1.6%</b></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The overall percentage of performance of the commercial incubator, transport incubator, radiant warmer, Kangaroo mother care (KMC), and embrace warmer.</div>

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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