Development of infant incubator for clinic in the rural area of Malaysia

Infant incubator is used to provide a warm environment for infants to keep their body temperature in the normal healthy range. In Malaysia, the delivery of an efficient primary healthcare, especially for the neonates, is restricted by the increasing population as well as limited medical equipment technology in the central hospital. It is impossible for the government to allocate each of the medical centers in the rural area with an infant incubator due to its price and transportability. Thus, we developed a prototype of an infant incubator that is affordable with lower cost, transportable, and energy saving for clinic in the rural area, as well as occupied with the basic functions of the infant incubator. We designed a closed container which is transportable and comfort to infant. The function of microcontroller was used to monitor and control the system such as heated air circulation, humidity and temperature inside the incubator.