Health technology company Royal Philips, launched Philips Avent Premium Connected Baby Monitor, which comes with the company’s proprietary SenseIQ sleep, breathing-tracking and cry-detection and translation technologies. 

A baby unit camera, parent unit and the Philips Avent Baby Monitor+ mobile app allows parents to view the baby, while SenseIQ tracking technology evaluates millions of pixels every second and translates the chest motions of a baby’s breathing into sleep status and breathing rate updates. It does not require a wearable device.

Cry-detection and translation technology employs AI and machine learning to interpret a baby’s cries.

Notifications through the parent unit or Avent Monitor app informs parents if the baby is in distress or uncomfortable. The parent unit is rechargeable, comes with a five-inch screen and has a range of over 400 yards. 

“Philips Avent offers innovative solutions to support moms and empower them and their village to Share the Care,” Brenda Kapner, marketing director of mother and childcare at Philips, said in a statement.

“Equipped with Cry Detection and Translation technologies along with Philips proprietary SenseIQ, our Premium Connected Baby Monitor offers updates on baby’s sleep, breathing and well-being, giving parents the freedom to take time for themselves while sharing the care with reassurance.”

THE LARGER TREND

In 2023, Royal Philips released its next-generation AI-enabled advanced visualization workspace, AI Manager and the BlueSeal MR Mobile Unit. The AI-powered workspace for health systems is aimed at improving workflows with a single platform for multiple modalities. 

Royal Philips said it helps turn data into meaning, and comes with more than 70 clinical applications, including a cardiac MR suite that provides an overview of all imaging data types designed to support diagnosis.

That same year, Royal Philips received $44.6 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, bringing its total received to $60 million. The funds were used to support the global deployment of the tech company’s AI-enabled, FDA-cleared Lumify Ultrasound System. The tool uses informatics, digitization and AI to give operators an interpretation of image results.

In 2022, Royal Philips partnered with Nuvo Group, using Nuvo’s INVU remote monitoring system to support remote pregnancy monitoring in rural regions. The aim is to improve access to maternity care in rural communities.