{"id":50163,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Comet","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Comet","latest":{"id":1267543,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T13:48:30Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Child mortality\n| classification = Treatment\n| scope = Clinical trial\n| type = Jaundice treatment\n| manufacturer-location = California, United States\n}}\n\nTwelve percent of newborns need to receive immediate treatment for severe jaundice. This problem can be solved through the use of phototherapy treatment, but in low-income settings existing phototherapy options are often ineffective, costly, difficult to maintain, and improperly used.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nComet is a low-cost, high-performance, and compact jaundice treatment device intended to be used in rural clinics or as a backup for urban hospitals. This device is a cheaper, smaller and more energy-efficient device than Brilliance, another phototherapy device developed by the same design team. Comet utilizes high intensity light-emitting diodes (LEDs) which provide the intense blue light to treat jaundice. Comet has a lifespan of 3-5 years, requires minimal maintenance, and is designed to retail at less than $150.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by:Design Revolution: Design for the Other Ninety Percent\n* Manufacturer (if different):\n* Manufacturer location: Palo Alto, CA, USA\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\n India and Nepal\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nFinalist in Saving Lives at Birth Competition\nOne Heart World-Wide\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Peer-reviewed publication ===\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\nHong, M. (2013, October 07). [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://web.archive.org/web/20140210002449/http://blog.d-rev.org:80/\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nCheaper, greener blue light: A better phototherapy device for jaundice treatment. Retrieved from https://www.engineeringforchange.org/news/2011/02/01/cheaper_greener_blue_light_a_better_phototherapy_device_for_jaundice_treatment.html\n\nComet: Effective, compact, and low-cost phototherapy to treat newborn jaundice. (August 8, 2012). Retrieved from http://web.archive.org/web/20160507210939/https://savinglivesatbirth.net/summaries/163\n\n=== IP and copyright ===\n\n=== Approval by regulatory bodies or standards boards ===\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n}}"}