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US 10,206,838 B2Granted
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AssigneeAtom Medical Corporation
InventorsKeisuke Wakabayashi, Kenji Kobayashi, Masaaki Oohashi, Ichiro Matsubara, Terumi Matsubara
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Abstract
An incubator of the disclosure is configured such that a top hood is detachable from a peripheral frame by unlatching first latch mechanisms that latch the top hood. The incubator is also configured such that any of wall portion among four wall portions configuring the peripheral frame are detachable from an incubator base by unlatching any of corresponding second to fifth latch mechanisms.
Claims8
An incubator comprising:
- an incubator base configured to support a bed base;
- a peripheral frame configured to form a side closure of an infant accommodation space, the peripheral frame comprising a first wall portion, a second wall portion, a third wall portion, and a fourth wall portion all attached to the incubator base so as to surround the infant accommodation space;
- a top hood configured to define an upper closure of the infant accommodation space, the top hood being detachably attached to at least one of the first, second, third and fourth wall portions;
- a first latch mechanism operable to attach and detach the top hood to and from the at least one of the first, second, third and fourth wall portions, wherein the top hood is detachable from the peripheral frame by unlatching the first latch mechanism and releasing the top hood from the first latch mechanism;
- second, third, fourth and fifth latch mechanisms provided, respectively, to the first wall portion, the second wall portion, the third wall portion, and the fourth wall portion to attach and detach the first, second, third and fourth wall portions to and from the incubator base, wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth wall portions is detachable from the incubator base by unlatching a corresponding latch mechanism of the second latch mechanism, the third latch mechanism, the fourth latch mechanism, and the fifth latch mechanism, and releasing the respective wall portions from the incubator base;
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- a movable joint provided, respectively, to at least two of the first, second, third and fourth wall portions to render the at least two of the first, second, third and fourth wall portions to be movable wall portions, which are movable with respect to the incubator base, while the movable wall portions are attached to the incubator base, whereas a rest of the at least two of the first, second, third and fourth wall portions is devoid of the movable joint to render the rest of the at least two of the first, second, third and fourth wall portions to be an immovable wall portion, which is kept from moving with respect to the incubator base while the immovable wall portion is attached to the incubator base.
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