The invention named “Newborn Sleep Cap,” developed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seher Sarıkaya Karabudak, a faculty member of the Department of Pediatric Nursing at our University's Faculty of Nursing, and her doctoral student Esra Bozkurt, has been registered as a utility model by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention aims to protect babies in the neonatal intensive care unit from environmental factors such as light and noise, support their sleep processes, and contribute to the formation of their circadian rhythms.