Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) depend heavily on biomedical devices and instruments for monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment. However, few such devices undergo meticulous research or rigorous testing. Developing safe and effective devices requires collaboration among diverse group of experts. To initiate such a process, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invited an expert panel from biomedical and bioengineering disciplines for a workshop in 2009. The proceedings have been published (1); and a summary of the four topic areas discussed is presented below.

Many devices and instruments used for neonatal resuscitation in the delivery room need to be improved; these include methods to provide continuous or intermittent positive pressure; blenders to allow the use of variable inspired oxygen concentrations in the delivery rooms; and improved laryngoscopes to enable easy endotracheal (ET) intubation.

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