# US 2015/0105652 A1 · Neonate's immobilizing restrainer

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- Number: US 2015/0105652 A1
- Document ID: US20150105652A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/050,531
- Filed: 2013-10-10
- Published: 2015-04-16
- Earliest claimed: 2013-10-10
- Assignees: Aspect Imaging Ltd.
- Applicants: Aspect Imaging Ltd.
- Inventors: Uri RAPOPORT; Thomas Rangi SUTTON; James William LUTHER; Andrea BESANA; Barbara TORNAGHI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150105652A1

## CPC

- A61F 5/3707: {for the head (cervical supports A61F5/055; splints A61F5/05883)}
- A61B 5/055: involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
- A61B 5/702: {Posture restraints}
- A61B 90/14: Fixators for body parts, e.g. skull clamps; Constructional details of fixators, e.g. pins
- A61F 5/3776: {by means of a blanket or belts (to chairs only A61F5/3792)}
- A61G 7/0526: {Restraining enclosures (side-rails A61G7/0507; enclosures for maintaining a germ-free environment A61G10/005; restraining device for the body or for body parts A61F5/37)}
- A61G 11/00: Baby-incubators; Couveuses
- A61B 2503/045: Newborns, e.g. premature baby monitoring
- G01R 33/341: comprising surface coils
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00)
- G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12)

## Abstract

A neonate immobilizer that includes a lower torso segment having dorsal side and ventral side, an upper torso segment having the same, and a median navel segment in between, having a lateral side. The three segments are interconnected to form a continuous restraining shell along the dorsal side. The lower and upper segments form an access aperture around the navel when restraining the neonate. The aperture is located and configured to permit visual inspection and physical access to the neonate's navel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A neonate's immobilizer, said immobilizer comprising a lower torso segment having dorsal side and ventral side, an upper torso segment having the same, and a median navel segment in between, having a lateral side; said three segments are interconnected to form a continuous restraining shell along said dorsal side; said navel segment has a lateral side, wherein said navel segment's lateral side, lower and upper segments form an access aperture around said navel when restraining said neonate, said aperture is provided in size and shape for visual inspection and physical access to said neonate's navel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The neonate's immobilizer according to claim 1, wherein said immobilizer is made of MRI-proof materials.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The neonate's immobilizer according to claim 1, additionally comprising a neonate's head restraining segment.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The neonate's immobilizer according to claim 1, additionally comprising a protective element configured to at least partially and reversibly cover said access aperture.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The neonate's immobilizer according to claim 1, additionally comprising at least one radiofrequency (RF) coil aligned with the neonate's head.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A neonate's incubator comprising a neonate immobilizer as defined in claim 1.

### Claim 7

A method for restraining a neonate characterized by steps of providing a neonate's immobilizer with a lower torso segment having dorsal side and ventral side, an upper torso segment having the same, and a median navel segment in between, having a lateral side; interconnecting said three segments are form a continuous restraining shell along said dorsal side; providing said navel segment with a lateral side; forming, by means of said navel segment's lateral side, lower and upper segments an access aperture around said navel, thereby when restraining said neonate, providing said aperture's size and shape for visual inspection and physical access to said neonate's navel.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method according to claim 7, additionally comprising step of constructing said immobilizer by MRI-proof materials.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The method according to claim 7, additionally comprising step of providing said immobilizer with a neonate's head restraining segment.