Raspberry Pi CM4 Success Story: NexoPrima mCare for Labor Room Information System

Introduction: 

NexoPrima mCare is a Labour Room Information System that is designed to empower clinicians in monitoring and overseeing the well-being of both expectant mothers and newborns throughout the labor and delivery process.

Challenges in the Labor Room:

The labor room presents numerous challenges that require precise and continuous monitoring to ensure the safety and well-being of both mothers and newborns:

• Complex Monitoring Requirements: Continuous tracking of vital signs and fetal heart rate is crucial, requiring reliable and accurate monitoring systems.
• High-Stakes Decision-Making: Clinicians must make swift, informed decisions based on real-time data to address complications promptly.
• Efficient Workflow Management: The need to balance patient care with extensive documentation can lead to inefficiencies and potential errors.
• Data Integration: Integrating data from various medical devices and systems into a coherent, accessible format is a significant challenge.
• Patient Prioritization: With multiple patients to manage, prioritizing care based on real-time data is critical to ensuring optimal outcomes.

Overview of the Advanced Labor Room Information System

In the fast-paced and critical environment of maternity care, the need for precise, reliable, and continuous monitoring is paramount. NexoPrima’s Advanced Labor Room Information System, mCare, meets these needs by integrating state-of-the-art monitoring technologies with real-time data analytics and comprehensive surveillance capabilities. The system is designed to gather data from various CTG machines, plot graphs, display the data on a user-friendly dashboard, and implement AI learning for advanced analysis. This analysis is particularly focused on critical metrics such as fetal heart rate rhythm, contractions, and blood pressure.

NexoLink IoT Device

CTG machine

Live data from the CTG machine will continuously be analyzed and classified in real-time in patient CTG view/monitoring.

Bird’s eye view of multiple patients’ vital information from a single dashboard, thus making it easier to prioritize patients that need more attention.

Advantages of the System

• Minimizing Labor Risk: Continuous live CTG data charting and analysis with notification and alarm systems.
• Prioritizing Patient Treatment: A bird’s eye view of multiple patients’ vital information from a single dashboard, making it easier to prioritize those needing more attention.
• Auto Archive / Historical Data: CTG and patient data are stored in a central server and easily accessible at any time.
• Remote Monitoring: The web-based solution allows monitoring anywhere within the hospital network or remotely.
• Multiple CTG Vendor Support: NexoLink’s integration with various CTG vendors ensures broad compatibility and reliability.
• Assisting Clinicians with Analytics: Real-time analytics and classification of CTG FHR data based on FIGO rules.

The Role of NexoLink

NexoLink, a custom IoT device powered by Raspberry Pi CM4 connects to medical devices for data capture, enabling efficient and accurate data transfer across different systems.

Custom Design by Cytron Technologies

Cytron Technologies is collaborating with NexoPrima to design the hardware for the NexoLink IoT Device. By utilizing their IRIV Industrial 4.0 Pi Controller, which is powered by Raspberry Pi CM4 as the foundation, Cytron tailored the NexoLink device to meet the specific needs of NexoPrima’s mCare system. The IRIV controller’s robust capabilities in industrial automation and IoT applications provided a reliable platform for developing the NexoLink, ensuring seamless integration and high performance in a critical healthcare environment.
 

Conclusion

NexoPrima’s successful use of NexoLink in its Advanced Labor Room Information System is a big step forward in maternity care. By using modern technology and real-time data software, NexoPrima has improved patient safety and efficiency in labor rooms. This is yet another success story of our client using our custom IoT hardware device powered by the Raspberry Pi CM4. We wish them continued success.

For more information about NexoPrima and the Advanced Labor Room Information System, please visit NexoPrima’s website https://www.nexoprima.com

For more information about the design and customization service provided by Cytron Technologies, please visit Cytron’s website https://my.cytron.io/iriv-picontrol
 

Summary:

IRIV PiControl has shown the performance and endurance of Industrial edge controllers. The openness of its architecture, ready with Raspberry Pi OS, and support from many software makes it the perfect choice for this project.