Phototherapy infant swaddling blanket
AssigneeBionix Development Corporation
InventorsJames Huttner, Susan Brangham
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Abstract
A swaddling blanket comprises a continuous sheet of fabric material having a generally “T”-shaped configuration and being substantially light-transmissive for light having a wavelength in the range of 350 nm to 500 nm. An infant undergoing a course of phototherapy is swaddled in the sheet of fabric material so that the infant is snugly wrapped in the sheet of fabric material, the sheet of fabric material limiting arm and leg movement of the infant, with only a single layer of the sheet of fabric material between a phototherapy lamp and the infant.
Claims7
A method of swaddling an infant undergoing a course of phototherapy comprising:
- providing a sheet of fabric material of generally T-shaped configuration having a base region extending perpendicularly from a central portion of a cross region, the sheet of fabric material being >45% light-transmissive for light having a wavelength in the range of 350 nm to 500 nm;
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- folding the sheet of fabric material about the infant so that the infant is snugly wrapped in the sheet of fabric material, the sheet of fabric material limiting arm and leg movement of the infant, with only a single layer of the sheet of fabric material being located between a phototherapy lamp and the infant when the phototherapy lamp is placed above the infant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.