Publications:
- COINS CONF 2022
- Title="MIMA - Multifunctional IoT Integrated Menstrual Aid"
- Authors= Amish Bhibhu, Jyothish J. Kumar, Shreya Shivangi, Subhankar Mishra, Sulagna Saha
- Conference= IEEE International Conference for Omni-Intelligent Systems (COINS) 2022, 4th ed., pages: 85-89.
- doi="10.xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Abstract: Abstract: Menstruation is the monthly shedding of the endometrium lining of a woman's uterus. The average age when girls start menstruating is around the age of 12 years (menarche), and the cycle continues until they attain menopause (about the age of 51). Medical research and analysis in this field reveal that most women have to go through a painful cycle of abdominal cramps along with sanitary pad rashes while painkillers or endurance ability is their go-to solution. Heat pads or hot water bags also help in pain reduction. Currently, the concept of period pants revolves around pad-free and hassle-free periods for women whereas most women still prefer sanitary pads during their period cycle. MIMA aims at the development of IoT integrated smart functional intimate wear for women that would help women comfort during menstruation by catering to issues of menstrual cramps, rashes, leakage and stains, malodor, etc. The proposed methodology has been implemented referring to the online survey conducted from Indian women (17- 58 years old). The proposed intimate wear- MIMA can provide comfort during the menstruation cycle with IoT integrated Heat-Pad and functional alterations in the garment for a rash-free, anti-odor, and leak-proof period.
MIMA revolves around the concept of Menstruation i.e. the monthly shedding of the endometrium of the female uterus and the problems associated with it.
The IoT system of MIMA was designed to provide safe, controlable and distributed heating around the waist band. We developed a bluetooth controlled heating system and an android app to achieve this.
Control module is powered by a 2200mAh LiPo battery that can power the system with intermittent usage for 8-10 hours which represents a typical work day for majority of our audiance.
Based on the set temperature, Control module regulated the heating of 3 discrete temp. control zones of the heat pad. The system is incooperated with multiple safety features to safeguard against any possible malfunction of the system..
Team:
MIMA is joint project with NIFT, Bhubaneswar.
- NISER | Jyothish Kumar J (jyothishk.j@niser.ac.in)
- NISER | Subhankar Mishra (smishra@niser.ac.in)
- NIFT | Amish Bibhu (amish.bibhu@nift.ac.in)
- NIFT | Shreya Shivangi (shreya.shivangi@nift.ac.in)
- NIFT | Sulagna Saha (sulagna.saha@nift.ac.in)
Shreya and Amish contributed to the initial ideation, primary and secondary research, along with MIMA's design and development. Jyothish developed MIMA's IoT system - This includes design and fabrication of the controller, heat-pad as well as the development of the device firmware and Android application. Subhankar and Sulagna contributed to oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution as well as critical review and editing.
