Active air sampling temperature sensor module for infant incubator
OwnerVedran Skulicinventor
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Abstract
The active air sampling temperature sensor module for an infant incubator includes a housing within which a temperature sensor is located together with a fan which serves to draw air from at least a major portion of the volume in the incubator across the sensor to provide a true (average) instantaneous temperature reading to a controller of the incubator which in turn controls activation of a heating system of the incubator to maintain an optimum temperature within a decreased range of deviation.
Claims7
An active air sampling temperature sensor module, the module comprising a housing mounted interiorly to a cover of an incubator and having a channel therethrough, a temperature sensor mounted within the module housing and located within said channel, a fan located within said channel for continuously drawing air through said channel, across said sensor, and back into the incubator, and a connector for operatively engaging said module to a controller of a heating system of the incubator.
An active air sampling temperature sensor module comprising a housing mounted to a cover of an incubator and having a channel therethrough, a temperature sensor seated within the channel, a fan for drawing air through the channel from an area above a platform of the incubator and a connector for operatively engaging the module to a controller.
In combination with an infant incubator having a cover, a heating system and a controller for activating and deactivating the heating system in response to sensed temperature within the incubator, an active air sampling temperature sensor module comprising a housing fixed interiorly to the cover, means for drawing air through said housing, a temperature sensor mounted within said housing upstream of said means for drawing air therethrough, and means for operatively engaging said module to said controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.