Integrated scale with underlying x-ray tray
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsFelix J. Gryn, Leo Henry Greway
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Abstract
An infant support for an incubator or an infant warmer or a combination thereof is disclosed. The support comprises a frame, a mattress tray disposed above the tray, an x-ray tray and one or more weight cells having an actuator supporting the mattress tray above the frame. The x-ray tray is received in a space below the top surface of the mattress tray. The support is configured to be received on a tilt mechanism of the incubator or an infant warmer or a combination thereof to provide an inclination to the mattress tray. The support is configured to permit x-rays to be taken of an infant supported above the mattress tray and to provide an indication of the weight of the infant supported on the mattress tray regardless of its inclination.
Claims41
An infant support for an incubator or infant warmer or a combination thereof, the support comprising:
- a frame,
- a mattress tray disposed above the frame,
- an x-ray tray, and
- one or more weight cells, the mattress tray being supported above the frame by the one or more weight cells, and the frame being formed to include a space for receiving the x-ray tray to be below an infant supported on the mattress tray.
An infant support comprising a base having an upwardly facing surface, a tilt mechanism extending above the upwardly facing surface, a frame having a head end, a foot end, a downwardly facing surface and longitudinally extending sides, the frame ends and sides intersecting to define four frame corner portions, the frame being supported by the tilt mechanism to provide a space between the downwardly facing surface of the frame and the upwardly facing surface of the base, a mattress tray having a head end, a foot end, and longitudinally extending sides disposed generally above respectively the head end, the foot end and the sides of the frame, the mattress tray ends and sides intersecting to define four tray corner portions disposed respectively above the frame corner portions, a weight cell mounted to each frame corner portion, each weight cell comprising an upstanding sensor element to support the tray corner portion thereabove, the frame having at least one opening defined by one of the frame sides disposed therebelow, said opening communicating with the space, and an x-ray tray configured to move through the opening into and out of space.
The support of numbered paragraph 14 in which the x-ray tray is formed with side edges configured to slidably engage the tracks.
An infant support assembly for use in an incubator or infant warmer, the assembly comprising:
- a frame formed to have an upwardly facing surface, an underside, a head end, a foot end, and longitudinally extending sides, the frame ends and sides intersecting to define four frame corner portions and further comprising a actuator opening formed in each corner portion, the frame being formed to have depending from the underside a pair of longitudinally spaced transversely extending tracks, the underside of the frame and the tracks defining a space having at least one opening defined by one of the frame sides,
- a weight cell mounted to the underside of the frame disposed at each frame corner portion, each weight cell comprising an actuator extending upwardly from a sensor element through its associated actuator opening,
- a plastic mattress tray formed to have a head end, a foot end, and longitudinally extending sides disposed generally above respectively the head end, the foot end and the sides of the frame, the tray having a bottom surface, the mattress tray ends and sides intersecting to define four tray corner portions disposed respectively above the frame corner portions, each tray corner portion being formed with an aperture to receive the actuator extending from the associated weight cell therebelow, and
- an x-ray tray formed with side edges, configured to slidably engage the tracks depending from the frame, and configured to move through the opening into and out of the space.
An infant support for an incubator or infant warmer or a combination thereof, the support comprising:
- a frame,
- a mattress tray disposed above the frame,
- an x-ray tray, and
- one or more weight cells, the mattress tray being supported on the frame by the one or more weight cells, and the frame and mattress tray providing a space therebetween for receiving the x-ray tray to be below an infant supported on the mattress tray.
27 An infant support comprising a frame having a head end, a foot end and longitudinally extending sides, the frame ends and sides intersecting to define four frame corner portions, a mattress tray having a head end, a foot end, and longitudinally extending sides disposed generally above respectively the head end, the foot end and the sides of the frame, the mattress tray ends and sides intersecting to define four tray corner portions disposed respectively above the frame corner portions, a weight cell disposed on each frame corner portion, each weight cell comprising an upstanding sensor element to support the tray corner portion thereabove, the frame and tray defining a space therebetween having at least one opening defined by one of the frame sides and the tray side disposed thereabove, and an x-ray tray configured to move through the opening into and out of the space.
The infant support of claim 27 comprising a guide post extending upwardly from each frame corner portion and each tray corner portion having an opening which slides downwardly over the post on the frame corner portion therebelow.
The infant support of claim 27 in which the mattress tray is mounted on the frame for vertical movement downwardly against the weight cell sensor elements.
The infant support of claim 27 in which the mattress tray comprises a pair of longitudinally spaced, transversely extending tracks depending from the tray slidably to receive the x-ray tray.
An infant support assembly for use in an incubator or infant warmer, the assembly comprising:
- a frame formed to have an upwardly facing surface, a head end, a foot end, and longitudinally extending sides, the frame ends and sides intersecting to define four frame corner portions and further comprising a post extending upwardly from each corner portion,
- a plastic mattress tray formed to have a head end, a foot end, and longitudinally extending sides disposed generally above respectively the head end, the foot end and the sides of the frame, the tray having a bottom surface, the mattress tray ends and sides intersecting to define four tray corner portions disposed respectively above the frame corner portions, each tray corner portion being formed with an aperture to receive the post on the frame corner portion therebelow, the tray being formed to have depending from the bottom surface a pair of longitudinally spaced transversely extending tracks,
- a weight cell disposed on each frame corner portion, each weight cell comprising an upstanding sensor element to engage and support the tray corner portion thereabove, the frame and tray defining a space therebetween having at least one opening defined by one of the frame sides and the tray side disposed thereabove,
- an x-ray tray formed with side edges, configured to slidably engage the tracks depending from the mattress tray, and configured to move through the opening into and out of the space defined between the frame and the mattress tray.
An infant support system comprising:
- a base including a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis and an upwardly facing surface from which extends a support of a tilt mechanism displaced vertically above the upwardly facing surface;
- a frame configured to be supported by the support of the tilt mechanism above and spaced apart from the upwardly facing surface;
- a weight cell having a sensor extending therefrom, said weight cell being mounted to the frame to have the sensor extend upwardly from the frame;
- a mattress tray having an upwardly facing support surface, the mattress tray being supported by the sensor of the weight cell above and spaced apart from the frame and the tilt mechanism, frame and mattress tray cooperating to selectively provide an inclination to the support surface of the mattress tray;
- an x-ray film tray configured to be slidably received in a space below the support surface of the mattress tray;
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- a tilt sensor sensing the inclination of the support surface;
- wherein the tilt sensor and weight cell cooperate to provide an indication of the weight supported by the mattress tray regardless of the inclination of the support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.