It has been adopted in more than 100 hospitals across 19 states and 2 UTs in India
MiraCradle, by Pluss Advanced Technologies, is now instrumental in reducing neo-natal mortality (death due to birth asphyxia) in over 100 hospitals in India and South Africa. MiraCradle has now been adopted by hospitals across 19 states and two Union Territories across the country.
MiraCradle has recently received CE Mark. With the help of this certification MiraCradle can now be exported to more than 50 countries without any further regulatory requirements. MiraCradle, designed, developed and manufactured in India is the perfect example of a ‘Make in India product’ (in other words an Indian technology changing the global healthcare landscape). MiraCradle has also been adopted in South Africa with successful installations of six devices and 20 more installations expected in the next six months.
MiraCradle – Neonate Cooler is an affordable passive cooling device which uses the advanced savE phase change material (PCM) technology to induce therapeutic hypothermia among newborns suffering from birth asphyxia.
Developed in collaboration with CMC Vellore in 2014, MiraCradle is the winner at the Innovators’ competition for DST-Lockheed Martin India innovation growth programme 2015, CII Industrial Innovation award 2014 and Kirloskar Technology award in 2015.
MiraCradle- Neonate Cooler uses the advanced savE®phase change material technology.Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are special thermal energy storage materials that store and release heat at a particular temperature. The thermal energy transfer occurs when the material changes phase from solid to liquid or liquid to solid. MiraCradle- Neonate Cooler uses the first-of-its-kind – Form Stable PCMs. PCMs have been incorporated in a polymer matrix to ensure that when changing phase from solid to liquid PCMs retain its shape and form avoiding any risk of the PCM leaking from its encapsulation, thus making it completely safe for the user as well as the patient.
To ensure precise temperature control, MiraCradle- Neonate Cooler uses a cascaded system of PCMs. Cascaded system is a patented technology that employs use of two or more form stabilised PCM mattresses with melt/ freeze at different temperatures. By engineering the melting points, thicknesses, conductivities and placement of the involved layers, a ‘quasi-automated’ cooling system is created, which, while being completely passive, behaves like a servo-automated cooling device.
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