{"id":39449,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Firefly","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Firefly","latest":{"id":1267581,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T13:51:39Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:FireflyVietnam.png|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Child mortality\n| classification = Treatment\n| scope = Clinical trial\n| manufacturer-location = Vietnam\n}}\n\nJaundice, caused by hyperbilirubinemia or breast milk jaundice, affects sixty percent of all newborns worldwide. It can lead to long-term disabilities or even brain damage. It is caused by factors in the breast milk which prevent the baby’s liver from processing old red blood cells correctly. Phototherapy is a cost-effective treatment for this condition.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nFirefly is a phototherapy device has been developed specifically for resource-limited settings. It provides both top and bottom phototherapy treatment while remaining low-cost. It ensures that the treatment is effective, despite changes in the baby’s position. It is designed to be easily maintained and disinfected, reducing the chances of infection for the infants.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: Design that Matters (DtM) and East Meets West [http://www.eastmeetswest.org/]\n* Manufacturing: This device is manufactured by MTTS and is made in Vietnam\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\nThis device has undergone clinical trials at the National OB/GYN Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam.\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nDesign that Matters (DtM) receives numerous funding support from the following entities: (Full listing available [http://designthatmatters.org/about/sponsors/ here].)\n\n* Alliance for Global Sustainability\n* Ashoka Foundation\n* Bridgeway Charitable Foundation\n* Choate Hall & Steward LLP\n* DLA Piper\n* Draper Richards Foundation\n* IDEO\n* MIT IDEAS Competition\n* MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment\n* MIT Media Lab\n* MIT Public Service Center\n* Museum of Science\n* SolidWorks Corporation\n* The Lynch Foundation\n* Thanksgiving Fund\n* USAID\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Internally generated reports ===\n\nProject Firefly: Infant Phototherapy. (n.d.). Design that Matters. Link available [http://designthatmatters.org/portfolio/projects/firefly/ here].\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nFirefly: SolidFly 2011 Talk. (2011). Link available [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFIldedcjEU/ here].\n\nFirefly: Project Firefly Wins Spark Design Award. (2011). Link available [http://designthatmatters.org/news/dtm-blog/2011/07/project_firefly.php here].\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}}"}