The touch-free lifecare bed is made with embedded chips to monitor physiological functions.Patients can control their mattress temperature and bed position with the intuitive interface without having to call the nurse for these tasks. Also this screen is used by the nurse to maintain a record of drugs and fluids administered which is then sent to the interface at the nurse station. The interface at the nurse station shows and alerts any changes in parameters such as patient body temperature, blood pressure, sleep pattern and moisture levels. A lot of staff hours can thus be saved using tlc.

Nikita Chandekar is currently persuing her Masters in Product Design from MIT Institute of Design Pune. She is graduate electronics engineer. Design is her passion and her strenghts lie in Medical Equipment, Interface and Packaging Design.

MAEER's MIT Institute of Design started its operations in August 2006, guided by the days leading minds in the Indian design education, with a plan to develop its identity as a research & training institution of highest international quality. Mentors from various design related disciplines are invited to interact with the design learners and challenge their young minds to explore newer territories that should complement and reinforce their ongoing design learning.