Portable folding infant radiant warmer
AssigneeGeorgetown University
InventorsMorarji Peesay, Prasad Muddam
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Abstract
A reconfigurable, foldable, and manually transportable infant radiant warmer. In a collapsed configuration, the warmer consumes a minimal amount of space and can be manually transported easily. In a deployed configuration, the warmer provides open access to an infant lying on a bed platform for receiving resuscitative therapy and warmth from a radiant heater disposed upon an adjacent mast. The reconfigurable infant radiant warmer includes mutually reconfigurable bed, mast, and suspension modules. The mast module and the suspension module may be selectively moved relative to the bed module to achieve the collapsed configuration.
Claims33
A portable, folding radiant infant warmer, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular bed module comprising
- a bed platform, and
- a bassinet frame;
- a mast module disposed at one end of the bed module and comprising
- a mast,
- a radiant heater disposed on the mast, and
- a mast hinge in communication with a lower end of the mast and a proximal end of the bed module for enabling the mast to be selectively rotated relative to the bed module;
- and
- a suspension module disposed beneath the bed module and comprising
- a reconfigurable base, and
- a pair of wheels disposed on the reconfigurable base,
- wherein the mast hinge further comprises a locking mechanism for releasably fixing the mast at one of a deployed position wherein the mast is substantially orthogonal to a plane defined by the bed platform and a collapsed position wherein the mast is at least partially disposed within the bassinet frame.
A portable, folding radiant infant warmer, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular bed module comprising
- a bed platform, and
- a bassinet frame;
- a mast module disposed at one end of the bed module and comprising
- a mast
- a radiant heater disposed on the mast, and
- a mast hinge in communication with a lower end of the mast and a proximal end of the bed module for enabling the mast to be selectively rotated relative to the bed module;
- and
- a suspension module disposed beneath the bed module and comprising
- a reconfigurable base, and
- a pair of wheels disposed on the reconfigurable base;
- wherein the suspension module comprises:
- a frame hinge;
- a primary stand having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end in rotatable communication with one end of the bed module and the distal end in communication with the frame hinge;
- a first wheel frame having a proximal end, a distal end, and plural first frame wheels, the proximal end in communication with the frame hinge and the distal end in communication with the first frame plural wheels, and
- a second wheel frame having a proximal end, a distal end, and plural second frame wheels, the proximal end in communication with the frame hinge and the distal end in communication with the plural second frame wheels.
A portable, folding radiant infant warmer, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular bed module comprising
- a bed platform, and
- a bassinet frame;
- a mast module disposed at one end of the bed module and comprising
- a mast
- a radiant heater disposed on the mast;
- a mast hinge in communication with a lower end of the mast and a proximal end of the bed module for enabling the mast to be selectively rotated relative to the bed module;
- and
- a suspension module disposed beneath the bed module and comprising
- a reconfigurable base, and
- a pair of wheels disposed on the reconfigurable base;
- further comprising at least one solar panel in selective electrical communication with the radiant heater and a transformer intermediate the at least one solar panel and the radiant heater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.