This article is available exclusively to subscribers like you.
Pacifiers are known to help babies relax, but what if they could be used to monitor a baby’s health?
A new device partially developed at Washington State University Vancouver does just that.
Researchers at WSU Vancouver helped develop a wireless, bioelectronic pacifier — deemed a “smart pacifier” — that could eliminate the need for invasive, twice-daily blood draws regularly performed in Newborn Intensive Care Units to monitor babies’ electrolytes, sodium, potassium ion and hydration levels.
