Embrace Baby Warmer Could Save the Lives of Many Babies in Poor Countries
ABC Newsreports that four Stanford students have designed a low-cost device, the Embrace infant warmer, which could help save thousands of lives. The Embrace functions as a low tech incubator. Embrace resembles a miniature sleeping bag. It contains a compartment in the back where a plastic pouch filled with wax and water is kept. When this pouch is heated it can keep a baby comfortable and warm. You can read more about how Embrace works here. It is a very clever device.
The students plan to bring Embrace to India, which has the highest number of premature and LBW babies in the world. Take a look:
