DIGITAL ANTHROPOMETRIC DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE WEIGHT AND LENGTH OF SMALL BABIES

Abstract

This invention relates to a digital anthropometric device for simultaneously measuring the weight and length of small and premature infants. The device comprises a weight sensor (load cell), an ultrasonic-based length sensor, a data processing unit, a digital display screen, a data storage medium, a thermal printer, a wireless communication module, a portable power source, and data processing software. The data processing unit is configured to receive measurement signals from the weight sensor and the length sensor, automatically process the measurement results, calculate chronological age and corrected age based on user-entered data, display the measurement results along with growth monitoring information on the screen, store and print the measurement results, and transmit the data in real-time to a cloud computing system that can be integrated with a health information system.

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