| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Lifting apparatus for patient support surface | US09955850 | 2001-09-19 | US06659935B2 | 2003-12-09 | Joseph A. Costanzo |
| An infant support for use with an incubator or a warmer or a combination thereof comprises a support surface having a head end and a foot end and a driver engageable with the head and foot ends. The driver comprises a first elevator and a second elevator. The first elevator is engageable with the head end and the second elevator is engageable with the foot end. The driver is movable to cause the head and foot ends to move between raised and lowered positions. | ||||||
| 42 | Door latching mechanism for infant care apparatus | US09732542 | 2000-12-08 | US06569080B2 | 2003-05-27 | Christopher A. Dykes; Peter K. Hundertmark |
| An infant apparatus having a base, a vertically movable hood and a plurality of walls that form an infant compartment. The apparatus has lateral side walls and a front end door that can be individually opened. There is an interlocking engagement between the upper periphery of the lateral walls and hood by a plurality of pins on the hood that engage brackets located at the top of the front and rear end walls. A latching arrangement allows all three doors to be opened. The side lateral doors are latched by a movable latch member that enters an opening in brackets affixed to the front and rear end walls. The front end wall can be moved vertically upwardly to disengage its latching arrangement to enable it to pivot downwardly. An alignment mechanism is also provided to insure that the movable latch members correctly align with the openings in the brackets. | ||||||
| 43 | Incubator | US09902795 | 2001-07-11 | US06484670B2 | 2002-11-26 | Naoki Honma; Yoichi Takahashi; Tatsuhiko Seki; Kazuo Matubara |
| In this incubator, when the angle of a door to a nursing window of a hood is smaller than a rotation restricting angle, door rotation restricting means restrains the rotation of the door in an opening direction. Because of this reason, when the angle of the door is smaller than the rotation restricting angle, the door is not rotated in the opening direction beyond the rotation restricting angle and the angle of the door does not exceed the rotation restricting angle, even if the door is pushed by an accommodated baby from the inside of the hood under the state wherein the door is not fixed in the closing state by a door fixing device. Therefore, even if opening and closing operation for the nursing window is not securely performed, the environment inside the hood hardly deviates from the physiological environment appropriate for the accommodated baby to say the least. | ||||||
| 44 | Infant support thermal control system and method | US10123644 | 2002-04-16 | US20020161276A1 | 2002-10-31 | Michael F. Mountain |
| A control system and a method for controlling an infant support configurable in a closed configuration in which a canopy contributes to formation of an enclosure about an infant support surface, and an open configuration is disclosed. The controlled infant support includes an air heater, a blower, and duct work communicating with the air heater, blower and enclosure. To facilitate bringing the air temperature within the enclosure quickly to a desired temperature whereby the temperature of an infant in the enclosure is controlled, power is supplied to air heater when infant support is in the open configuration to generate a heat reservoir. Upon the infant support assuming the closed configuration the controller controls power to the blower to increase air flow and infuse heat from the heat reservoir into the enclosure. | ||||||
| 45 | Infant thermal support device | US10157331 | 2002-05-29 | US20020143233A1 | 2002-10-03 | Michael M. Donnelly; Francis Joseph Buchholz III; Brent C. Jacobsen |
| An infant thermal support device which provides convective heat transfer similar to an incubator yet which allows for unlimited care provider access to the infant without compromising the infant's thermal environment. The device has an infant support with head and foot ends and lateral sides, and provides a heated curtain of air traveling over an infant on the support to maintain the temperature of the infant at an appropriate level. Vertically oriented curtains of air travel upwardly from the lateral edges and at least one end of the support. The device provides warmth to the infant on the support by virtue of the heated air curtain, and the vertically oriented air curtains reduced perturbations of the heated air curtain caused by physical disturbances adjacent to the device such that a canopy enclosing the device is not required. The device further comprises a raisable and lowerable canopy and infrared heater, such that the device can function as either an infant radiant warmer, an incubator or both. Sensors mounted on the device sense disturbances around the device and the position of the canopy and vary the speeds of the heated air curtain and perturbation reducing curtains accordingly. | ||||||
| 46 | Patient thermal support device | US10001395 | 2001-10-23 | US20020082468A1 | 2002-06-27 | Charles Goldberg; David C. Newkirk; William Olson; Michael M. Donnelly; Robert G. Moll; Alan Gutwillig |
| An infant care apparatus includes a base, a patient-support portion carried by the base, a canopy situated above the patient-support portion, and a mechanism for vertically raising and lowering the canopy relative to the patient-support portion. A convective heating system is operable to provide heated air into a space defined between the patient-support portion and the canopy. A radiant heater is coupled to the canopy and is operable to direct radiant heat toward the patient-support portion. A control system controls the operation of the convective heating system and the radiant heater. | ||||||
| 47 | Movable canopy warmer for an infant care unit | US09733695 | 2000-12-08 | US20020032361A1 | 2002-03-14 | David Eustace; Robert M. McDonough |
| An infant care unit is provided having a patient support platform, an overhead arm and a mounting assembly. The overhead arm is located generally above the platform. The mounting assembly couples the overhead arm to the platform for pivoting movement relative thereto. The pivoting movement is in a second plane that is generally parallel to a first plane which is defined by the platform. | ||||||
| 48 | Incubator | US09902794 | 2001-07-11 | US20020019578A1 | 2002-02-14 | Naoki Honma; Yoichi Takahashi; Tatsuhiko Seki; Kazuo Matubara |
| In this incubator, the door rotation restricting means in the operating state restrains the rotation of the door in the opening direction beyond the operating angle. Thus, in the case that the door rotation restricting means is in the operating state, even if the door is pushed by the accommodated baby from the inside of the hood under the state wherein the door is not fixed by the door fixing means in a closing state, the door does not rotate in the opening direction beyond the operating angle and the angle of the door does not exceed the operating angle. Therefore, even if opening and closing operation of the nursing window is not securely performed, at least the environment inside the hood hardly deviates from the physiological environment appropriate for the accommodated baby. | ||||||
| 49 | Heater door mechanism for infant warming apparatus | US09845008 | 2001-04-27 | US20010027267A1 | 2001-10-04 | Thomas C. Jones; Michael H. Mackin |
| An infant warming apparatus that functions both as an infant incubator as well as an infant warmer. The apparatus has a heater that moves vertically with respect to an infant support during the change in function between an infant incubator and infant warmer. A powered motive system, such as an electric motor, powers the movement of the heater between its upper and its lower positions. The heater also has a door or doors that are open when the heater is at or nearing the upper position so that the heater can direct energy toward the infant to warm the infant when acting as an infant warmer. The doors close at or shortly after the heater commences movement to the lower position. When closed, the doors isolate the heater to prevent the inadvertent touching of the heater by the infant or attending personnel and prevents the further radiating of infrared energy towards the infant. The mechanism operates automatically without any reminder to the user or action by the user. Preferably the actual opening and closing of the doors takes place within a short distance from the upper position, more preferable within about 6-8 inches form the upper position. A vent is also provided in the heater housing that ventilates the housing when the heater is in its upper position and closes to confine the housing when the heater is in its lower position. A mechanism automatically closes the vent when the heater moves from its upper position to its lower position and opens the vent when the heater moves from its lower position to its upper position. In the preferred embodiment, the vent is biased towards its open position and the doors are biased towards their open positions. | ||||||
| 50 | Lift mechanism for infant care apparatus canopy | US09316506 | 1999-05-21 | US06231499B1 | 2001-05-15 | Thomas C. Jones |
| An infant care apparatus that has a canopy that can be moved vertically with respect to an infant pedestal on which the infant is positioned. In the preferred embodiment, the canopy contain a radiant heater that can be moved from a lower position enclosing the infant in an infant compartment to an upper position where the infant compartment is open. The canopy is affixed to a movable frame member that is, in turn, movably mounted on a stationary frame member. A constant force spring or springs are used to interconnect between the stationary frame member and the movable frame member and the springs are designed so as to achieve a counterbalancing of the canopy and associated components such that the weight of such canopy and components is neutralized. Thus, a standard, inexpensive motor can be used to raise and lower the canopy without complex synchronization between two motors and yet the unit moves smoothly and without misalignment. In addition, two sets of stationary and movable frame members can be used and position the motor and its lifting mechanism in only one of the sets of frame members without creating a misalignment of the frame members as the canopy is raised and lowered. | ||||||
| 51 | Heater door mechanism for infant warming apparatus | US09316356 | 1999-05-21 | US06224539B1 | 2001-05-01 | Thomas C. Jones; Michael H. Mackin |
| An infant warming apparatus that functions both as an infant incubator as well as an infant warmer. The apparatus has a heater that moves vertically with respect to an infant support during the change in function between an infant incubator and infant warmer. A powered motive system, such as an electric motor, powers the movement of the heater between its upper and its lower positions. The heater also has a door or doors that are open when the heater is at or nearing the upper position so that the heater can direct energy toward the infant to warm the infant when acting as an infant warmer. The doors close at or shortly after the heater commences movement to the lower position. When closed, the doors isolate the heater to prevent the inadvertent touching of the heater by the infant or attending personnel and prevents the further radiating of infrared energy towards the infant. The mechanism operates automatically without any reminder to the user or action by the user. A vent is also provided in the heater housing that ventilates the housing when the heater is in its upper position and closes to confine the housing when the heater is in its lower position. A mechanism automatically closes the vent when the heater moves from its upper position to its lower position and opens the vent when the heater moves from its lower position to its upper position. | ||||||
| 52 | Rotating infant mattress | US119469 | 1998-07-20 | US6155970A | 2000-12-05 | Christopher A. Dykes; John B. Poling; Thomas C. Jones |
| An infant care apparatus such as an incubator or infant warmer having a mattress for supporting the infant on an infant platform that can, at times, by fully rotated 360 degrees to obtain full access to the infant. In the incubator, a translation platform can be slid into and out of the infant compartment and the mattress tray is pivoted to that translation platform so as to rotate at a pivot point that connects the mattress tray to the translation platform. Accordingly, when all of the doors of the infant incubator are in the closed position, the mattress tray is constrained from rotational movement but that mattress tray can be rotated a full 360 degrees whenever both doors are open or when the translation platform has been moved to a position at least partially exterior of the infant compartment. In all, the apparatus provides easy and convenient access to the infant for carrying out procedures on the infant while it is still supported by the infant care apparatus. | ||||||
| 53 | Patient thermal support device | US88350 | 1998-06-01 | US6036634A | 2000-03-14 | Charles Goldberg; David C. Newkirk; William Olson; Michael M. Donnelly; Robert G. Moll; Alan Gutwillig |
| A patient support and environmental control apparatus comprises a frame and an upwardly-facing patient-support surface carried by the frame. An air curtain generator is mounted to the frame. The air curtain generator provides first and second curtains of air. The patient-support surface has a perimeter and the first and second curtains of air originate adjacent to the perimeter and converge at a point positioned to lie above the patient-support surface. The first and second curtains of air cooperate with the patient-support surface to define a patient space. | ||||||
| 54 | Heated, opened access door for incubator | US864613 | 1997-05-28 | US5876323A | 1999-03-02 | Colin G. Hodge; Christopher A. Dykes |
| An infant incubator having an infant compartment that contains the infant and which is set to a desired temperature above ambient by the user. The incubator has at least one access door that opens to allow the caregiver to perform an intervention on the infant and which is actively heated when in the open position. Thus, when the access door is again closed, the door is at an elevated temperature with respect to the ambient and less heating energy is needed to return the infant compartment back to the desired temperature. | ||||||
| 55 | Incubator | US835439 | 1997-04-09 | US5853361A | 1998-12-29 | Shinichi Kobayashi; Kazunori Miyagawa; Kazuo Matubara |
| When a temperature in a hood is not a preset temperature, or when the door of the hood is open, the air quantity of a blower is increased by a controller. A time required when a power switch is turned on until the interior of the hood reaches an atmosphere having the preset temperature is short. Even if a treatment for a baby's body in the hood is performed while the door is open, the atmosphere in the hood will not be disturbed easily. A time required when the treatment for the baby's body and the like are ended and the door is closed until the atmosphere in the hood is restored to the initial state is short. Accordingly, a time required when the power switch is turned on until the incubator is ready to use is short, and an adverse influence on the baby's body in the hood is reduced even after the treatment for the baby's body and the like are performed. | ||||||
| 56 | Magnetic door seal infant incubator | US801670 | 1997-02-18 | US5810709A | 1998-09-22 | Robert M. Simenauer; Thomas C. Jones |
| An infant incubator having a base and a hood positioned atop of the base to form an infant compartment therebetween. The hood has a front access door that is hinged so as to move between an open and a closed position. The edge of the door opposite the hinged part has a magnetic strip that mates with a strip of magnetically attractable material positioned on the edge of the hood opening such that the door is retained in its closed position by a magnetic force. At least one door handle is mounted to the door at or near the end of the magnetic strip at the top of the door and can be pulled to open the door. The door is sufficiently flexible that pulling the handle causes a peeling effect such that relatively little force need be exerted to open the door from the corner, yet considerable force is required to open the door from inside the incubator by an infant residing therein. | ||||||
| 57 | Incubator | US069035 | 1987-07-01 | US4796605A | 1989-01-10 | Migaku Sasaki; Eiji Koike; Toshio Ohtomo; Jun Hirose |
| An incubator comprises an incubating chamber for accommodating an infant, and air supply means for supplying conditioned air into the incubating chamber. The air supply means comprises a dry passage and a wet passage which are partitioned from each other by a partition wall. The dry passage and the wet passage communicate by means of a first opening and a second opening, respectively, with the incubating chamber. The wet passage communicates by means of a connecting passage having an opening formed in a wall of the dry passage extending along the direction of air flow through the dry passage with the dry passage. A water tank containing water for humidifying air is provided in the connecting passage. A restricting means is provided at least for the first opening to regulate the flow rate of air that flows through the first opening. | ||||||
| 58 | Transport incubator | US376187 | 1982-05-07 | US4458674A | 1984-07-10 | Peter Lemburg; Horst Frankenberger; Eberhard Bohn; Wolfgang Franz |
| A transport container particularly for use as an incubator comprises a housing having an interior substantially vertical wall and a substantially horizontal wall with a support structure mounted in the housing spaced from the vertical wall and the horizontal wall so as to define a convection passage below and on one side of the support. The convection passage contains means for suspending one or more heating elements in the passage. The heating elements may comprise of preheatable plates, water containers, etc. or each storage material, for example salts or other substances which change in structure when passing through a critical point so as to provide a latent heat for aiding and heating the area overlying the support structure. | ||||||
| 59 | Counterbalance mechanism for incubator hood | US225089 | 1981-01-14 | US4334629A | 1982-06-15 | Robert J. Koch; Douglas D. Carden; Michael H. Mackin |
| A counterbalance mechanism is disclosed for offsetting the normal gravitational forces exerted on a rotatable cylindrical hood for an incubator. The mechanism includes a specially shaped cam that is fixed with respect to the rotatable hood. A cam follower, mounted on a slide movable with the rotatable hood, is spring biased against the cam. As the rotatable hood is moved to various positions, the spring loading and cam profile coact to produce a counter-rotational force that is opposite and equal to the force of gravity acting upon the hood at any point in its rotation. One or more detents is provided in the cam at predetermined positions such that the cam follower can be positioned within one of the detents at one or more desired positions of hood rotation such that the hood may be held at that selected position. | ||||||
| 60 | Infant environmental transition system | US13112671 | 1971-04-05 | US3809065A | 1974-05-07 | GATTS J |
| The disclosed infant environmental transition system relates to the method and apparatus for providing an infant with an incrementally controlled, healthy transition from its intauterine environment as it exists near birth to the extrauterine environment. The apparatus comprises a housing within which the infant is supported on a sling-like member. Means are provided to initially generate environmental conditions within the housing simulating the intrauterine environment and to alter this environment in controlled incremental steps to a normal extrauterine environment. Said means provide and control the tactile sensations perceived by the infant; the temperature and humidity within the container; the degree of movement imparted to the housing, which in turn is imparted to the infant; the degree of light perceived by the infant; and an audio profile which initially simulates intrauterine cardiovascular and gastrointestinal sounds and gradually transitions to normal extrauterine sounds.
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