System, apparatus, and method for infant incubation
AssigneesMediCradle Foundation, ILJ Corporation
InventorsJohn Merrill Davis, III, Jane Dornbusch Davis, Mark Wayne Kitchen, John David Keltonic
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Abstract
An incubator is disclosed. The incubator has an insulated housing that forms an incubation chamber, a plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages configured to draw a heating airflow from the incubation chamber, heat the heating airflow, and return the heating airflow to the incubation chamber, and a plurality of ventilation airflow passages configured to draw a ventilation airflow from outside of the incubator and into the incubation chamber, and vent the ventilation airflow out of the incubation chamber. The plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages are separate from the plurality of ventilation airflow passages.
Claims20
An incubator, comprising:
- an insulated housing that forms an incubation chamber;
- a plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages configured to draw a heating airflow from the incubation chamber, heat the heating airflow based on being heated by a heating component, and return the heating airflow to the incubation chamber;
- a plurality of ventilation airflow passages configured to draw a ventilation airflow from outside of the incubator and into the incubation chamber, and vent the ventilation airflow out of the incubation chamber;
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- a heating fan of the plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages, and a ventilation fan of the plurality of ventilation airflow passages;
- wherein the plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages are separate from the plurality of ventilation airflow passages so that the heating airflow is separated from the ventilation airflow when the heating airflow is in the plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages and the ventilation airflow is in the plurality of ventilation airflow passages;
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- wherein the heating airflow and the ventilation airflow both flow through the incubation chamber.
An incubator, comprising:
- an insulated housing that forms an incubation chamber;
- a plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages configured to draw a heating airflow from the incubation chamber, heat the heating airflow based on being heated by a heating component, and return the heating airflow to the incubation chamber;
- a plurality of ventilation airflow passages configured to draw a ventilation airflow from outside of the incubator and into the incubation chamber, and vent the ventilation airflow out of the incubation chamber;
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- a heating fan of the plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages, and a ventilation fan of the plurality of ventilation airflow passages;
- wherein the plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages are separate from the plurality of ventilation airflow passages so that the heating airflow is separated from the ventilation airflow when the heating airflow is in the plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages and the ventilation airflow is in the plurality of ventilation airflow passages;
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- wherein the heating airflow and the ventilation airflow only come together in the incubation chamber when in the incubator.
An incubator, comprising:
- an insulated housing that forms an incubation chamber;
- a plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages configured to draw a heating airflow from the incubation chamber, heat the heating airflow based on being heated by a heating component, and return the heating airflow to the incubation chamber;
- a plurality of ventilation airflow passages configured to draw a ventilation airflow from outside of the incubator and into the incubation chamber, and vent the ventilation airflow out of the incubation chamber;
- and
- a heating fan of the plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages, and a ventilation fan of the plurality of ventilation airflow passages;
- wherein the plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages are separate from the plurality of ventilation airflow passages so that the heating airflow is separated from the ventilation airflow when the heating airflow is in the plurality of recirculating heating airflow passages and the ventilation airflow is in the plurality of ventilation airflow passages;
- wherein the heating airflow and the ventilation airflow both flow through the incubation chamber;
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- wherein the heating fan and the ventilation fan are both configured to be powered by a single 12V lead-acid battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.