Neonatologists
Rapid interpretation of oxygenation and perfusion status.
Clinical context
Clinical Need
Preterm newborns require rapid and trustworthy oxygenation and perfusion assessment during a highly dynamic physiological transition after birth.
Why early optical monitoring can be difficult
During the first minutes after birth, clinicians work under time pressure while the newborn may have low peripheral perfusion, movement, wet skin, fragile skin, and very small extremities. These conditions can make optical oxygenation and perfusion signals difficult to acquire or interpret.
Birth
Initial transition
Standard neonatal assessment begins, while optical oxygenation and perfusion signals may not yet be stable.
3 minutes
Early signal window
Optical signals may still be delayed or unstable due to low perfusion, motion, wet skin, or poor contact.
10 minutes
Stabilization window
Teams need confidence that optical trends reflect physiology rather than artifact or sensor failure.
Early NICU
Ongoing care
Signal trustworthiness remains important during ongoing fragile monitoring and sensor repositioning.
The challenge is not the absence of monitoring. The challenge is uncertainty: is the optical signal clinically trustworthy, or is it affected by artifact?
Current standard of care
Current neonatal monitoring relies on ECG-based heart-rate assessment, preductal pulse oximetry, and integrated patient-monitoring systems. NeoPerfuse respects this standard of care and focuses on the residual gap: earlier trustworthy optical oxygenation/perfusion information under difficult preterm-transition conditions.
Clinical users
Neonatal nurses
Reduced repeated sensor repositioning and clearer signal feedback.
Delivery-room teams
Faster confidence during early transition.
NICU teams
Improved transparency in unstable monitoring windows.
Clinical researchers
Structured signal-quality and workflow data.
Unmet need statement
NeoPerfuse addresses signal delay, instability, and uncertainty in the first critical minutes of preterm neonatal care. The aim is not to replace established monitors, but to make optical signal reliability more explicit.
Collaboration