Pressure controlled mattress for an infant care device
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsSteven M. Falk, Rajendra Naik, Benoy Abraham, Shrihari Viswanath
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Abstract
An infant care device for use with a baby includes a mattress configured to support the baby within the infant care device, air pockets forming a top surface of the mattress, and pressure sensors disposed within each of the air pockets, the pressure sensors being configured to sense a location of the baby on the mattress. Air pressures of the plurality of air pockets are individually adjusted based on the sensed location of the baby.
Claims20
An infant care device for use with a baby, comprising:
- a mattress configured to support the baby within the infant care device;
- air pockets forming a top surface of the mattress;
- and
- pressure sensors disposed within each of the air pockets, the pressure sensors being configured to sense a location of the baby on the mattress;
- wherein air pressures of the air pockets are individually adjusted based on the sensed location of the baby.
An infant care device for use with a baby, comprising:
- a mattress configured to support the baby within the infant care device;
- air pockets forming a top surface of the mattress;
- and
- a control unit including a stored inflation pattern for individually adjusting air pressures of the air pockets;
- wherein inflating the air pockets based on the inflation pattern moves the baby from a first position to a second position.
A method of preventing a baby from falling from an infant care device including a mattress, comprising:
- positioning pressure sensors within air pockets on the mattress;
- determining the baby is moving toward an edge of the mattress based on information received from the pressure sensors;
- and
- individually inflating the air pockets to move the baby away from the edge of the mattress.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.