Revolutionized Neonatal and Elderly Care with Unobtrusive Fiber-Optic Monitoring

About Client

The client is a pioneer in developing fiber optic sensor systems for health monitoring, providing reliable real-time tracking of vital signs and body movements. offering highly sensitive and reliable solutions for real-time detection of vital signs and body movements. Their technology is designed for healthcare applications such as patient monitoring in hospitals and home care, with the potential to expand into other industries.

Client’s Challenge

Traditional patient monitoring methods rely on attaching multiple sensors, electrodes, and wires directly to the body. This approach can be uncomfortable and intrusive, especially for newborns and elderly patients. Moreover, caregivers face challenges with:

Ensuring patient compliance.
Managing complex sensor setups.
Capturing reliable long-term data without affecting patient comfort.
The client needed a non-invasive solution capable of delivering continuous, comprehensive monitoring while reducing the burden of physical connections.

iOrbit Solution

We collaborated with the client to design and refine a fiber-optic mat that integrates advanced sensor arrangements for real-time monitoring.

The system is non-invasive and works by detecting micro-pressure changes when a patient lies on the mat.

iOrbit Scope

Flexible Sensor Configurations
Fiber mats designed in multiple dimensions (e.g., 8×8 or 16×8 grids) for neonatal incubators, hospital beds, or eldercare facilities.
Comprehensive Vital Monitoring
Captures respiratory waveform and calculates Respiration rate (RR)
Detects micro-movements and posture changes without wires or electrodes.
Cloud & Edge Connectivity
Controller Box acquires and preprocesses data using optoelectronics and data acquisition modules.
Supports Wi-Fi streaming to Edge/Cloud servers.
Cloud server performs advanced analysis, visualization and alarm/notification generation.
Enables remote monitoring through a mobile application.
Intelligent Algorithms & Software Architecture
Firmware processes optical signals, applies filtering, extracts HR/RR and generates pressure maps.
Server software extends analysis with sleep/wake detection and movement visualization.
Mobile app provides real-time dashboards, posture alerts, inactivity warnings and configurable alarms.
Adjustable Sensitivity & Posture Detection
Calibrated for different body types (lightweight infants, average adults, or elderly patients).
Detects supine, prone and sitting positions, enabling valuable clinical insights.
User-Friendly Application & Visualization
Heat-map visualization of pressure distribution and patient position.
Intuitive caregiver interface for monitoring occupancy, posture, sleep quality and inactivity trends.
Configurable thresholds and notifications for tailored clinical use.

Key Outcomes

Unobtrusive monitoring: Eliminated the need for wires and electrodes, improving comfort.
Real-time, continuous tracking: Delivered HR, RR, posture and sleep/wake data with high sensitivity.
Cloud-enabled ecosystem: Allowed clinicians to remotely monitor patients from any location.
Heat-map visualization: Simplified workflows by providing an at-a-glance view of patient posture and pressure distribution.
Scalable architecture: Designed to support multi-bed hospital deployments as well as individual home monitoring.
Clinical potential validated: Early trials show strong adoption prospects in neonatal care, elderly care and long-term patient monitoring.

Conclusion

The fiber-optic mat represents a breakthrough in unostrusive patient monitoring by seamlessly integrating advanced sensing design, configurable sensitivity, intelligent posture detection and reliable real-time data visualization. With cloud connectivity, edge processing, and heat-map based position tracking, it not only enhances patient comfort but also simplifies caregiver workflows and improves clinical efficiency. By enabling continuous remote monitoring through mobile applications and supporting scalable multi-bed deployments, the system is well suited for critical domains such as neonatal care, eldercare and long-term patient management. Beyond healthcare, this innovation holds strong potential for wellness tracking, home monitoring, and broader industry applications where passive, high-sensitivity monitoring can deliver actionable insights without intruding on the user’s comfort

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