Neonatal monitoring, reinvented

Vital signs.
No sensors.
No contact.

Neoluma monitors newborns in the NICU using a standard camera and microphone — replacing adhesive electrodes and invasive probes. Continuous, real-time, contact-free care.

MIT Pediatrics Hackathon
Selected and recommended for startup creation by the jury
0.98 correlation — Oxford / Nature
Villarroel et al. 2019, validated on neonatal NICU data
Real-time monitoring at 1 Hz
Heart rate, breathing, position, pain — no physical sensors
Never emits uncertain values
Calibrated confidence — silent when unsure, reliable when not
55 000
premature babies born
in France each year
28 days
average NICU stay
for a premature infant
12+
sensors attached to each
newborn on admission
1 in 14
babies born premature
in France today

Monitoring that harms the very patients it protects

NICU care still relies on adhesive electrodes and invasive probes — uncomfortable, infection-prone, and requiring constant handling of the most fragile patients.

Pain from adhesive sensors

Removing ECG electrodes damages the fragile, paper-thin skin of premature infants. Each repositioning causes measurable physiological stress.

Infection risk at every contact point

Cutaneous sensors create entry points for pathogens in an environment where the immune system is nearly nonexistent.

Overburdened nursing teams

Constant sensor maintenance consumes clinical time that should be spent on care — reducing the quality of attention each baby receives.

See Neoluma in action

Real monitoring session, accelerated for demonstration
Neoluma · Live dashboard
Recording

Everything a NICU nurse needs,
without a single wire

A standard camera and microphone replace every physical sensor. Neoluma tracks what matters — and alerts only when it is certain.

01

Heart rate & breathing, continuously

Real-time pulse and respiratory rate extracted from skin color and chest movement. Immediate alerts for bradycardia, tachycardia, or apnea.

02

Position monitoring with instant alerts

Prone position — the leading cause of sudden infant death in the NICU — is detected and flagged within 5 seconds.

03

Pain assessment, continuously

Facial expressions, posture, and cry type are analyzed together to score infant pain in real time. No manual observation needed.

04

Alerts you can trust

Every measurement includes a confidence score. If the signal is uncertain, Neoluma stays silent — reducing alarm fatigue in the ward.

Built for the NICU,
from the ground up

We are looking for a clinician or biomedical engineer to co-lead the clinical side of Neoluma — neonatologist, CHU engineer, or anyone with deep hospital expertise.

Sabri Juif

Sabri Juif

CEO & Co-founder

CS / AI Student

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Co-founder

Position Open

Clinician or Biomedical Engineer · CHU

Looking for a
clinical co-founder

We need a clinician or biomedical engineer to co-lead the clinical side of Neoluma — not as an advisor, but as a full equity partner. You will shape the product, run the validation studies, and open the doors that only someone inside the hospital system can.

  • Design and lead clinical validation in NICU settings
  • Engage target hospitals — Necker, Trousseau, Robert-Debré, Port-Royal
  • Drive the regulatory strategy toward CE medical device certification
  • Neonatologist, CHU biomedical engineer, or equivalent profile
Connect on LinkedIn sabri1.juif@epitech.eu