Owlet baby care – A sensor-lined sock that monitors a baby’s vital signs through its foot, and transmits the data to a smartphone app or internet-based device via Bluetooth.
Parents can check on a baby’s skin temperature, heart rate, blood oxygen levels and sleep quality at a glance, and even be alerted to the baby rolling over. As a monitoring tool rather than a medical or diagnostic device, the smart sock aims to help parents be more aware of potential health-related danger signs so that they can take preemptive action.
Created by students at Utah’s Brigham Young University.
Glancing at a traditional monitor doesn’t give you the whole story of your baby’s well being. The Owlet is designed to alert you if your baby stops breathing. This isn’t just accessory, it’s a necessity.
It’s not just a necessity for your baby, it’s a necessity for you as a parent because parents need sleep too. You can’t bring your “A-game” to parenting if you’re sleep deprived. Let us be up all night, so you don’t have to be.
Owlet’s CEO, Kurt Workman, hit upon the idea of a baby monitoring sock when caring for his prematurely-born twin cousins and losing one of them to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). A baby’s sleeping position is thought to have some connection to SIDS; it’s why doctors recommend that babies sleep on their backs instead of face-down.
The Owlet empowers you with the same technology hospitals use, pulse oximetry. There’s a reason hospitals use pulse oximetry in place of other monitoring options. It’s safe, proven, and accurate.
Owlet is designed to sound an alert if your child’s heart rate dips too low, rises too high, or if their oxygen level drops below a preset threshold. This alert strategy was determined by a team of pulse oximetry specialists, pediatricians, neonatologists and pulmonologists. Owlet is not a medical device. If your child has an irregular heart rate or irregular oxygen levels, you should not use Owlet as your primary monitoring system.
If your phone dies, don’t worry. The Base Station acts independent of Wi-Fi and is your primary alert system, your phone is just a convenience.
http://www.owletcare.com/