Neonatal incubator system with improved enclosure
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsAnirban Ghosh, R Sreenivasan, Dipali Prakash Dhokane
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Abstract
A neonatal incubator system includes a platform configured to support a neonate and an enclosure supported above the platform and configured to create a chamber around the neonate. The enclosure includes a movable side panel on a side of the enclosure openable to place the neonate on the platform enclosable to secure the neonate within the chamber. The enclosure also includes a latch engageable when the movable side panel is in a closed position and configured to maintain the movable side panel in the closed position, and also includes a biasing device configured to force the movable side panel away from the closed position when the latch is not engaged.
Claims20
A neonatal incubator system comprising:
- a platform configured to support a neonate;
- an enclosure supported above the platform and configured to create a chamber around the neonate, the enclosure including:
- a movable side panel openable to place the neonate on the platform and closable to secure the neonate within the chamber;
- a latch engagable when the movable side panel is in a closed position and configured to maintain the movable side panel in the closed position;
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- a biasing device configured to force the movable side panel away from the closed position when the latch is not engaged.
A neonatal incubator system comprising:
- a platform configured to support a neonate;
- an enclosure supported above the platform and configured to create a chamber around the neonate, the enclosure including;
- a movable side panel openable to place the neonate on the platform and closable to secure the neonate within the chamber;
- a latch that engages when the movable side panel is in a fully closed position and is configured to maintain the movable side panel in the fully closed position;
- and
- a biasing device configured to force the movable side panel from a near-closed position into the fully closed position such that the latch engages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.