About Us
Our Mission
Provide low cost solutions to prevent kernicterus in low resource countries
Future Goals
Bilimetrix USA is developing by itself or through collaboration with established and start up companies in the United States and Nigeria instruments that may be incorporated in our digital data acquisition and analysis system (Stop Kernicterus International). These include a smartphone based:
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G6PD assay
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Semi-quantitative icterometer
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Irradiance meter to monitor phototherapy units
Partners & Collaborators
Bilimetrix USA partners with
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Stop Kernicterus in Northern Nigeria (SKINN), a consortium of University Pediatric Departments
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Jos University, Jos, Nigeria
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Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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Bilimetrix srl, Trieste, Italy
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Parents of children with Kernicterus (Pic-K), USA
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Arbor Grace, Inc., USA
We also seek to partner with African manufacturers of low cost battery supported LED based phototherapy units, and filtered sunlight phototherapy.