Cambridge ‘swimming cap’ brings hope for brain-injured babies

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Janine MachinEast of England technology correspondent, in Cambridge

BBC A three-week-old boy is lying asleep in a blue hospital cot with clear side walls. He is wearing a yellow babygro with pictures of dinosaurs on it, and has his arms spread out to the sides. On his head is a new portable monitoring cap. It is like a small black swimming or rugby-style cap covered with bumps containing sensors. It is fastened under his chin and a white cable is emerging from the top of the cap, linking the technology to computers.BBC

Researchers say their “swimming cap”, which uses light and ultrasound to improve brain monitoring in newborns, is the first of its kind in the world

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