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US 2013/0158339 A1Published application
System and Method of Infant Care Control and Workflow
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJames P. Cipriano, Lawrence G. Ten Eyck, Karen P. Starr
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Abstract
An infant care system creates a microenvironment about an infant patient. An environmental control device is operable to change an environmental condition within the microenvironment. An auxiliary sensor is operable to intermittently obtain auxiliary data. A processor operates the environmental control device based upon at least the intermittently obtained auxiliary data.
Claims20
An infant care station comprising:
- at least one physiological sensor disposed to connect to the patient and continuously obtain physiological data from the patient;
- at least one auxiliary data sensor operable by a user to intermittently obtain physiological data from the patient;
- a graphical display operable to visually present data;
- a processor communicatively connected to the at least one physiological sensor, the at least one auxiliary data sensor, and the graphical display, and operates the graphical display to present a trend graph in conjunction with the intermittently obtained physiological data from the patient.
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An infant care station operable to create a microenvironment about a patient, the infant care station comprising:
- an environmental control device operable to change an environmental condition within the microenvironment;
- an auxiliary sensor operable by a user to intermittently obtain auxiliary data;
- a graphical display operable to visually present data;
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- a processor communicatively connected to the auxiliary sensor, environmental control device, and the graphical display, and the processor is selectively communicative with the auxiliary sensor, the processor operates the graphical display to present the intermittently obtained auxiliary data, and the processor operates the environmental control device based upon at least the intermittently obtained auxiliary data.
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A method of caring for an infant, the method comprising:
- providing a microenvironment for the infant with an infant care station;
- sensing environmental data from at least one environmental sensor disposed within the microenvironment;
- controlling the microenvironment based upon the sensed environmental data;
- Sensing physiological data from the infant in the microenvironment provided by the infant care station;
- selectively connecting an auxiliary sensor to the infant care station;
- intermittently obtaining auxiliary data with the auxiliary sensor;
- presenting the obtained auxiliary data on a graphical display;
- and
- controlling the microenvironment based upon the obtained auxiliary data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.