A premature baby has more difficulty breathing. And when the lungs or the brain functions that control breathing aren’t fully developed yet, a baby can suffer from breathing pauses (apnea). These breathing pauses also cause the heart rate to slow down (bradycardia). Traditionally, the respiratory rate of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) babies is monitored by adhesive electrodes measuring ECG, but apnea can be better detected and more accurately monitored with dEMG*. The Bambi Belt provides a wireless and skin-friendly way of detecting apneas with dEMG.

Similarly the heart rate of a premature is affected by multiple conditions that require treatment instantaneously. Therefore monitoring of heart rate is of the utmost importance.

Breathing pauses (apneas) and heart rate are traditionally monitored with adhesive electrodes applied to the chest, but can also be monitored with a wireless, skin-friendly belt, called the Bambi Belt.

The wireless, skin-friendly Bambi Belt eliminates the need to repeatedly remove electrodes from the extra sensitive skin of preemies. This makes monitoring of neonatal vital signs less painful - thus protecting the developing brain of neonates*. Wireless monitoring also lowers the risk of infections from micro-organisms entering the skin that is damaged from removing adhesives.