Neonatal flotation pad
OwnerAnnella E. Jacobsinventor
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Abstract
A flotation mattress pad for an incubator or open warmer has a plurality of separate transverse sections filled with a heat-retentive, viscous fluid. The center sections of the pad have a slightly greater thickness than the end sections. Each section overlaps the adjacent sections to provide relatively constant thickness when the pad is tilted.
Claims9
A flotation pad for premature infants comprises a unitary liquid-impermeable, flexible bladder having a plurality of adjacent separate fluid-containing sealed transverse compartments, wherein each compartment is in overlapping relationship with the next adjacent compartment in the amount of at least 10% of the length of each compartment, such that when the pad is tilted, the thickness thereof remains relatively uniform.
A flotation pad for premature infants comprises a unitary, liquid-impermeable, flexible bladder having a plurality of adjacent separate fluid-containing sealed transverse compartments wherein each compartment is in overlapping relationship with the next adjacent compartment in the amount of at least 10% of the length of each compartment, such that when the pad is tilted, the thickness thereof remains relatively uniform, and wherein the thickness of center compartments is at least 10% greater than the thickness of end compartments, said thicker compartments extending at least 50% of the length of the pad, said pad comprising in combination therewith a soft, structural pad support having a flat base portion and a raised end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.