MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641025239 A) filed by Meenakshi Academy Of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on March 3, for 'a smart wearable garment-based fever prediction and monitoring system for neonatal and pediatric care.'
Inventor(s) include Kavitha Palanivel; Dr. P. V. Hari Hara Subramanyan; and Dr P. G. Mahesh Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a smart predictive fever monitoring garment for continuous physiological monitoring in neonatal and pediatric patients. The garment comprises a biocompatible textile body integrated with a sensing layer having multiple temperature sensors positioned at anatomically relevant regions for multi-point skin temperature measurement. The sensors provide continuous temperature data with defined accuracy and sampling intervals. Motion detectors are further integrated to detect activity and reduce motion-induced artifacts. A control and processing unit embedded within a protected housing receives sensor inputs, performs signal conditioning, establishes individualized baseline temperature patterns, and generates structured physiological metrics. A predictive analytics module implemented on the embedded hardware analyzes temporal temperature trends and deviations from baseline to generate a probabilistic fever forecast within a predefined predictive time window prior to clinical manifestation. A wireless communication subsystem transmits processed data and alert notifications to external caregiver devices. The invention enables continuous, non-invasive, and anticipatory fever monitoring."
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