System and method of monitoring the physiological condition of an infant

A system for monitoring a condition of a plurality of infants in an infant care facility, the system comprising:

• a plurality of infant care stations, each infant care station configured for monitoring and treating a neonate infant, wherein each infant care station comprises a microenvironment, a motion sensor disposed about the microenvironment that detects motion of the infant, an environmental sensor that detects an environmental condition of the microenvironment, and a processor that receives the detected motion of the infant and the environmental condition and derives an indication of a stress level of the infant from an intensity of the detected motion;
• a central processor communicatively connected to each of the infant care stations wherein the central processor compares environmental sensor signals from each of the infant care stations and determines a correlation between environmental conditions experienced at each of the infant care stations and corresponding indications of the stress levels of the infants at each of the infant care stations;
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• a graphical display connected to the central processor, the graphical display being operated by the central processor to present an indication of environmental conditions at the infant.

A system for monitoring a condition of a plurality of infants in an infant care facility, the system comprising:

• a plurality of infant care stations, each infant care station configured for monitoring and treating a neonate infant, wherein each infant care station comprises a microenvironment, a motion sensor disposed about the microenvironment that detects motion of the infant, an environmental sensor that detects an environmental condition of the microenvironment, and a processor that receives the detected motion of the infant and the environmental condition and derives an indication of a stress level of the infant from an intensity of the detected motion;
• a central processor communicatively connected to each of the infant care stations wherein the central processor compares environmental sensor signals from each of the infant care stations and determines a correlation between environmental conditions experienced at each of the infant care stations and corresponding indications of the stress levels of the infants at each of the infant care stations;
• wherein the central processor identifies common environmental signals across the plurality of infant care stations to identify environmental conditions external to the microenvironments and the central processor identifies a correlation between the infant stress level and the identified environmental conditions external to the microenvironments.