AirBaby™: Innovative Protection for Infants from Indoor Air Pollution

AirBaby™：创新保护婴儿免受室内空气污染

• 批准号: 107030
• 金额: $ 6.32万
• 依托单位: OXLABS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Small Business Research Initiative
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=107030
• 关键词: AirBaby; Innovative; Protection; Infants; Indoor

AirBaby(TM) is an innovative, cost-effective product that provides infants with clean, safe air in their local environment. The device protects the most vulnerable members of society in the location where they spend most of their time -- indoors.Air pollution kills approximately 500,000 babies per year globally. Inflammation caused by pollutants irritates the linings of small, developing airways. This can inhibit lung growth and lead to respiratory infection, with effects that can continue into adulthood.Indoor pollutants include particulate matter (PM) -- tiny fragments of solids and liquids suspended in air -- and noxious gases, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2). Infant deaths increase by 4%, 7% and 19% with high levels of PM, NO2, and SO2, respectively. Pollutants originate in the home from processes such as heating, cooking, and smoking; or enter dwellings from the outdoors.AirBaby incorporates an air processing unit (APU) that contains an advanced filter composed of two elements: a high-grade HEPA filter for removing particulates; and an active carbon filter that neutralizes NO2 and SO2 from the air. AirBaby will therefore remove the most known harmful pollutants from a baby's locality, while providing protection against airborne viruses, including Covid-19 and common flu.AirBaby will be designed to be intuitive, cost-effective and easy to use.An intuitive phone app will allow remote control of AirBaby, provide alerts and collect data on local air quality. If the user permits, this data will allow unique local, national and international maps of air quality, to be built.The project will also include a human-centric design work package to ensure the features and attributes of the proposed product are fully aligned with the target market. The aim is to make AirBaby intuitive, affordable and environmentally friendly, with the HEPA filter being washable and reusable.This project will build upon the work done previously by the team on a lower performance personal air purifier prototype, known as Air2 ("air squared").The output of this project will form a credible and de-risking input to the proposed follow-on Phase 2: the development and real-world testing of AirBaby, ahead of commercial release.

AirBaby（TM）是一种创新的、具有成本效益的产品，为婴儿在当地环境中提供清洁、安全的空气。该设备保护了社会中最脆弱的成员，因为他们大部分时间都呆在室内。全球每年约有50万婴儿死于空气污染。污染物引起的炎症会刺激小的、发育中的气道内壁。室内污染物包括颗粒物（PM）--悬浮在空气中的固体和液体的微小碎片--和有毒气体，包括二氧化氮（NO2）和二氧化硫（SO2）。PM、NO2和SO2水平高时，婴儿死亡率分别增加4%、7%和19%。空气中的污染物主要来自于室内的加热、烹饪和吸烟等过程，或者是从室外进入住宅。AirBaby采用了空气处理单元（APU），其中包含一个由两个元件组成的高级过滤器：一个是用于去除颗粒物的高级HEPA过滤器，另一个是用于中和空气中的NO2和SO2的活性炭过滤器。因此，AirBaby将去除婴儿所在地最常见的有害污染物，同时提供对空气传播病毒的保护，包括Covid-19和普通流感。AirBaby将被设计为直观、经济高效和易于使用。直观的手机应用程序将允许远程控制AirBaby，提供警报并收集当地空气质量数据。如果用户允许，这些数据将用于构建独特的本地、国家和国际空气质量地图。该项目还将包括以人为本的设计工作包，以确保拟议产品的功能和属性完全符合目标市场。我们的目标是使AirBaby直观，经济实惠，环保，HEPA过滤器可清洗和可重复使用。该项目将建立在团队之前在低性能个人空气净化器原型上所做的工作之上，称为Air2（“空气平方”）。该项目的产出将成为拟议的后续第2阶段的可靠和降低风险的投入：AirBaby的开发和实际测试，在商业发布之前。