BiliFit

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  Biliband Working Principle

Inspiration

13 million babies diagnosed with neonatal jaundice in India every year. Untreated jaundice can quickly cause brain damage. Treatment in the hospital NICU is expensive, while home treatment is unsafe, since parents do not have the resources to monitor and respond to complications.

What it does

Our wearable band continuously monitors Bilirubin values and other vitals (SpO2, Temperature, Pulse), while the BiliFit app fights misinformation by providing parents resources and helps doctors remotely monitor the infant’s vitals.

How we built it

We considered a range of solutions, from sunlight filters for sun-based phototherapy, to purely software based solutions. Ultimately, we thought this solution most directly addresses the problem as it addresses the key worry preventing doctors from sending babies with non-severe neonatal jaundice back home: the effectiveness of parent-administered child care. After we locked our idea in place, we started building Figma designs and conducting market research, building our slide deck along the way. We received invaluable feedback from our mentors, listed below.

Challenges we ran into

Developing the business model was initially challenging. Spending some time revisiting our stakeholder analysis helped us figure it out.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are extremely proud of our comprehensive need research and the wonderful Figma designs prepared by Lucas, who learned to use the platform entirely from scratch during the Hackathon.

What we learned

1. Need characterization is SO SO crucial! It's impossible to solve a problem one doesn't understand.
2. Difficult conversations are necessary. It's better to be corrected by your teammates than by the judges
3. Mentorship is meaningful to seek out proactively!

What's next for BiliFit

Mentors

Mithra Vankipuram, Dave Brown, Spencer James

Built With

• figma
• google-slides