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US 2015/0335510 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.
Claims21
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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;
- obtaining auxiliary data with an auxiliary sensor;
- and
- controlling the microenvironment based upon the obtained auxiliary data.
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A method of caring for an infant, the method comprising:
- providing an infant care station comprising:
- an environmental control device operable to change an environmental condition within a microenvironment;
- at least one internal environmental sensor disposed within the microenvironment;
- an auxiliary sensor;
- a processor communicatively connected to the auxiliary sensor, the at least one internal environmental sensor, and the environmental control device;
- providing the microenvironment for the infant with the infant care station;
- sensing internal environmental data from the at least one internal environmental sensor disposed within the microenvironment;
- changing the environmental condition within the microenvironment based upon the sensed internal environmental data;
- obtaining auxiliary data with the auxiliary sensor;
- and
- changing the environmental condition within the microenvironment with the environmental control device based upon the auxiliary data.
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An infant care comprising:
- a microenvironment configured within which to receive an infant patient, the microenvironment defined by at least a generally horizontal surface configured to support the infant patient, a canopy positioned above the generally horizontal surface, and at least one wall;
- an internal environmental sensor located within the microenvironment, the internal environmental sensor operable to obtain internal environmental data from within the microenvironment;
- an environmental control device operable to change an environmental condition within the microenvironment based upon the internal environmental data, the environmental condition comprising at least one of oxygen concentration, temperature, humidity, and light intensity;
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- an external environmental sensor located external the microenvironment, the external environmental sensor operable to obtain external environmental data from exterior the microenvironment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.