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US 7,442,163 B2Granted
Humidification control system for infant care apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsLawrence G. Ten Eyck, Daniel F. Strauch
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsLawrence G. Ten Eyck, Daniel F. Strauch
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An infant care apparatus for supporting an infant upon an infant platform having a humidification control system. The user can initial select a manual mode where the humidity is inputted through a user input to control the humidity within an infant compartment. The system has an automatic mode where the user can then input humidity levels and a successive time periods to establish a protocol for controlling the humidity within the infant compartment over the time period the infant is being treated within the infant care apparatus. Each successive time period inputted by the user has a different humidity level associated herewith. As a further feature, there is an evaluation system to monitor whether the infant has been overstressed by any of the automatic reductions in the levels of humidity.
A infant care apparatus comprising an infant compartment adapted to enclose an infant to provide a controlled environment for the infant, the infant care apparatus having a heating system for heating the interior of the infant compartment to warm an infant therein, and a humidity system adapted to humidify the interior of the infant compartment to produce a relative humidity therein, and a humidification control system to control the relative humidity within the infant compartment, said humidification control system having a user input to enable the user to enter a plurality of successive individual times and a humidity level for each of the plurality of times into the control system to provide a control of the relative humidity within the infant compartment over a period of time, the infant apparatus further including a temperature sensor for ascertaining the temperature of an infant located within the infant compartment.
A infant care apparatus comprising an infant compartment adapted to enclose an infant to provide a controlled environment for the infant, the infant care apparatus having a heating system for heating the interior of the infant compartment to warm an infant therein, and a humidity system adapted to humidify the interior of the infant compartment to produce a relative humidity therein, and a humidification control system to control the relative humidity within the infant compartment, said humidification control system having a user input to enable the user to enter a plurality of successive individual times and a humidity level for each of the plurality of times into the control system to provide a control of the relative humidity within the infant compartment over a period of time wherein the humidification system includes an alert system that notifies the user when the humidity level within the infant compartment has remained unchanged for a predetermined time cycle.
A infant care apparatus comprising an infant compartment adapted to enclose an infant to provide a controlled environment for the infant, the infant care apparatus having a heating system for heating the interior of the infant compartment to warm an infant therein, and a humidity system adapted to humidify the interior of the infant compartment to produce a relative humidity therein, and a humidification control system to control the relative humidity within the infant compartment, said humidification control system having a user input to enable the user to enter a plurality of successive individual times and a humidity level for each of the plurality of times into the control system to provide a control of the relative humidity within the infant compartment over a period of time wherein the humidification system further includes an evaluation system to evaluate the status of an infant within the infant compartment.
A infant care apparatus comprising an infant compartment adapted to enclose an infant to provide a controlled environment for the infant, the infant care apparatus having a heating system for heating the interior of the infant compartment to warm an infant therein, and a humidity system adapted to humidify the interior of the infant compartment to produce a relative humidity therein, and a humidification control system to control the relative humidity within the infant compartment, said humidification control system having a user input to enable the user to enter a plurality of successive individual times and a humidity level for each of the plurality of times into the control system to provide a control of the relative humidity within the infant compartment over a period of time wherein the humidification control system includes an electronic storage media that stores data indicative of the relative humidity within the infant compartment over a predetermined period of time.
A humidification control system for controlling the humidity within an infant care apparatus having an enclosed compartment, said control system comprising:
A method of controlling the relative humidity within an enclosed compartment of an infant care apparatus, said method comprises the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.