Auxiliary Controls for Infant Care Apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorJames Patrick Cipriano
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Abstract
An infant care station includes a horizontal surface configured to support an infant patient wherein at least one wall extends generally vertically from the horizontal surface. The horizontal surface and at least one wall define a microenvironment. A processor operates a display mounted to the care station at a location external to the microenvironment to present a graphical user interface. An auxiliary input device is located within the microenvironment, is communicatively connected to the processor, and is configured for operation by a clinician to interaction with the graphical user interface.
Claims20
An infant care station comprising:
- a horizontal surface configured to support an infant patient;
- at least one wall extending generally vertically from the horizontal surface, the horizontal surface and at least one wall defining a microenvironment about the infant patient;
- a touch-sensitive display mounted to the infant care station at a location external to the microenvironment;
- a processor that operates the touch-sensitive display to present a graphical user interface;
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- an auxiliary input device located within the microenvironment and communicatively connected to the processor, the auxiliary input device is configured for operation by a clinician to interact with the graphical user interface presented by the touch-sensitive display.
An infant care station for maintaining environmental conditions about an infant patient, the infant care station comprising:
- a horizontal surface configured to support an infant patient;
- at least one wall extending generally vertically from the horizontal surface;
- a canopy positioned above the horizontal surface and extending generally parallel to the horizontal surface;
- a microenvironment defined by the horizontal surface, the canopy, and the at least one wall;
- a touch-sensitive display mounted to the infant care station at a location external to the microenvironment;
- a processor communicatively connected to the touch-sensitive display and configured to operate the touch-sensitive display to present a touch-sensitive graphical user interface;
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- an auxiliary input device positioned within the microenvironment and communicatively connected to the processor, such that upon activation of the auxiliary input device, the processor presents a cursor in the touch-sensitive graphical user interface and the auxiliary input device controls the cursor within the touch-sensitive graphical user interface to interact with the graphical user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.