Cocoon- A Smart Hospital Gown for Toddler Patients//MFA Thesis

Orange children's outfit with polka dot sleeves and various angles displayed on mannequins.

Two pairs of orange shorts designed with blue accents, displayed flat with a close-up inset.

Booties with a blue pattern featuring bees and honeycomb designs.

Booties with a bee design and a red LED, showcasing the final design elements.

MFA Thesis by Hafsa Akter

Cocoon is a highly functional smart hospital gown with easy donning-doffing features, better closure positioning to attach hospital equipment, proper telemetry openings, and embedded e-textile-based ECG/EKG and pulse oximetry vital monitoring systems for non-intrusive health monitoring of restless toddlers while providing comfort, physical and emotional care and wellbeing.

Publications:

Akter, H., & Goncu-Berk, G. (2024, January). A Study on Human-centered Design of Toddler Hospital Gowns. In International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings (Vol. 80, No. 1). Iowa State University Digital Press.