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Embrace Infant Warmer

The document discusses the need for an infant warmer to prevent deaths from hypothermia in newborns. It then summarizes the design and components of the Embrace infant warmer, which consists of an AccuTemp heater to warm the WarmPak that maintains the baby's temperature at 37°C, contained within a baby wrap for comfort and sanitation. Finally, it lists the warmer's features of being inexpensive, effective, safe, durable, hygienic, and portable, making it accessible for rural areas lacking hospital facilities.

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Embrace Infant Warmer

The document discusses the need for an infant warmer to prevent deaths from hypothermia in newborns. It then summarizes the design and components of the Embrace infant warmer, which consists of an AccuTemp heater to warm the WarmPak that maintains the baby's temperature at 37°C, contained within a baby wrap for comfort and sanitation. Finally, it lists the warmer's features of being inexpensive, effective, safe, durable, hygienic, and portable, making it accessible for rural areas lacking hospital facilities.

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Embrace Infant

Warmer
Introduction: why do we need an infant
warmer?
Hypothermia at birth is one of the most important risk factors for
newborn morbidity and mortality.
NEED 99% of newborn babies death is due to this reason.
22 premature babies per year per million also die due to this
reason.

Infant warmer provides heat and maintains an appropriate


temperature for the survival of babies.
In other words,this helps the babies to maintain the
Application thermoregulation in order to prevent the deaths due to
hypothermia.
Design
Embrace infant warmer consist of three main parts. B
A
Accutemp Heater:
B
Baby wrap:
C
WarmPak:
A
The AccuTemp Baby wrap is the WarmPak contains
heater is used to place to hold the a special phase
warm baby and it has change material
the WarmPak. been designed which maintains the
keeping in the mind constant
comfort and temperature of
sanitation of baby. 37°C.

C
Features
Inexpensive
The cost of an Embrace Warmer is less than 1% of that of a standard incubator.
Effective
The Embrace Warmer uses an effective phase change material to stabilize rapidly the
temperature of an infant suffering from hypothermia.

Safe
The Embrace Warmer is simple and intuitive to use.It has been validated through
routine safety testing and extensive clinical trials.
Durable and Hygienic
It can be reused several times.It’s cleaning is easily done using soap and water.
Portable
The Embrace Warmer is light and portable. The baby can be held in the mother’s arms
when the warmer is being used.

Easily Accessible
Ideal for use in rural areas which lack good
Hospital facilities.

Others
1.It can be used for transporting hypothermic
Newborns.
2.It does not require continuous supply of
Electricity .
What makes it frugal?

● Consists of only three parts which are easy to assemble


● It has helped over 300000 babies over 22 countries
● Uses high quality fabric and a novel phase change material which leads to cost
reduction
● Easy to use and hence can be used by people without needing any specific technical
knowledge
● Heating of the warmpak can be easily achieved using heater or warm water in under
30 minutes
Challenges
● Does not provide monitoring for infants essential parameters.
● Lacks emergency alarms for indicating inconsistency of
temperature.
● It requires continuous phase changes causing changes in the
infant’s temperature.
● One of its main challenges is in the use of product in rural
areas caused due to lack of information and knowledge.
SWOT Analysis
Strengths
Weakness
• Strong need of product
• Product has to be produced
• Highest quality assured
cheaply
• Tested by moms and doctors
• Reaching out to target market will
• Life necessity product
require large amount of capital
• Innovative product

SWOT Analysis

Threat
• Issues with IP control and patent still
in process in regard to if they should Opportunity
outsource various parts of their • Potential partnerships and
operation
• Product may not be accepted in the
support from NGO(i.e WHO)
market • High infant mortality Rate is
• Substitute products targeted market
• Might imply high investments that are
not paid back during life of product
Comparing with other similar products

Indian Jugaad Radiant Warmer Neonatal Incubator


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