Here is an interesting article that shows the requirements of the Neonatal Intensive Care Units and what the hospital staff must do to maintain those requirements.  It also has some interesting statistics regarding Neonatal Instruments and Neonatal equipment, so check it out here.

Here's a great story recently aired on the CBS Evening News about Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) and their efforts to treat pain in tiny infants.  Katie Couric leads into the story & Sanjay Gupta is reporting from the NICU.  Not only does the story touch on a subject that's near and dear to my heart (Preemies and their environment) but it also touches on some of the equipment & monitors being used to mitigate pain for these little ones. 
Having witnessed first hand the effects lighting and sound can have on babies subjected to this type of environment, it's great to see the media covering topics of this importance.  My product (Sonicu - www.sonicu.net ) was developed by me to minimize two aspects of a baby's environment while in a NICU.  Sound monitoring & lighting control are the two primary focuses of Sonicu and can be successfully controlled once implemented to rectify some of the things noted in this article. 

I was surprised to hear how premature births have increased 20% since 1990 & how that equates to an additional 500,000 births/year ending up in a NICU.  It's great to see Neonatal product and services being directed to making a difference.  Having had a child in a NICU, I can attest to the wonderful care these doctors and nurses extend to care for little babies. 

I hope to hear more about this issue in the future & am glad to see it given the attention it deserves.

Chris Smith