Infants in developing nations could be saved by the Baby Bubbler

Team Baby Bubbler: Michael Pandya, Jocelyn Brown, Katie Schnelle, Haruka Maruyama and Jose...

You can’t not like an invention called the Baby Bubbler. Even if it were called the Pontiac Aztek, you’d still have to like it, as it’s doubtless going to save many young lives. A team of five seniors from Houston’s Rice University developed the Bubbler, officially known as the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) device, for use on infants with respiratory infections in developing nations. Given that around 20 percent of deaths in children under five are caused by lower respiratory infections, that could make for a whole lot of saved babies…
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Posted: June 9th, 2010 at 3:50am by Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine


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