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Hyperbilirubinemia is a liver disease in which the liver cannot completely eliminate the red blood cells that it regenerates. Those that have hyperbilirubinemia have yellow/orange skin and eyes (jaundice).

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Portable beds for hyperbilirubinemia patients

11.03.2015

Blue light phototherapy, which complies with the strictest parameters set by researchers, has served to mitigate the effects of this disease, mainly in hospital incubators because hyperbilirubinemia is a common neonatal problem. The issue arises when the disease strikes in adulthood, as a minimum number of hours of radiation are required a day. To date, the solution has been to install lighting over the patient’s bed via a fixed structure that cannot be moved.
Ignialight has developed a portable bed that enhances the process of eliminating this disease. The maximum peak blue wavelength achieved, 458 nm, allows the absorption of bilirubin through the combination of two types of LEDs, and thus a portable bed for people who need to be exposed to the blue LED from eight to ten hours a day to eliminate bilirubin was designed. The main purpose of the bed is to help these patients become more independent: they can go on holiday or a weekend away without having to return home to spend hours under blue LED light.
LED technology is constantly evolving. Needs like the portable bed provide challenges for finding solutions to problems and put our determination, research and desire for innovation to the test.