The Bilicocoon® now treats newborns in Canberra
Brochier Technologies’ initial research focuses on the field of health and therapeutic devices based on light. Among other developments, the team created a phototherapeutic device, the Bilicocoon®, the first illuminated sleeping bag facilitating the treatment of neonatal jaundice.
The neonatology department at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Canberra is organizing a home phototherapy program for 2024 with the aim of reducing hospital readmissions and improving the experience of parents with newborns affected by infant jaundice requiring phototherapy treatment.
Among the benefits of home treatment are the prevention of separation anxiety between mother and child and the ability to breastfeed in a comfortable home environment.