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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147396 | Neonate imaging sub-system A radiographic imaging sub-system for treating neonates is disclosed. The subsystem includes a radiographic compatible incubator for providing a controlled environment for a neonate, a radiographic compatible RF coil selectively coupled to the incubator for providin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8096936 | Thermotherapy device with an inflatable hood A thermotherapy device with a reclining surface and with an inflatable hood for covering the reclining surface. The inflatable hood (1) is provided with a plurality of inflatable, tubular support elements (3) with plastic films (2) arranged betw... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8079949 | Method and apparatus for providing treatment in a warming device An apparatus and method for performing warming therapy is described. In one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a patient support platform, a patient chamber, a heating source, and a rigid connection member for connecting hoses to the patient chamber. The r... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8057380 | Process for operating an open thermotherapy device A process is provided for operating a thermotherapy device with a bed surface (10) and with discharge channels for conditioned air in the longitudinal direction of the bed surface (10) and on the foot side (3) thereof as well as with an exhaust ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8043202 | Device and method for thermotherapy A thermotherapy device, in particular for babies, has a lying surface limited by longitudinal sides, a head side and a foot side. The thermotherapy device ensures a simple and safe access of a new-born without producing a detrimental psychological effect on parents.... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7850595 | Transferring and holding device for high-risk neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients A transferring and holding device and method for holding infants having lifelines, such as IV tubes, monitor wire leads, and ventilator tubes, connected thereto. In one embodiment, the device includes a support surface adapted to hold an infant; a boundary attached ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7749153 | Incubator device A device for an incubator (1) comprising a platform (6), a ventilation aggregate (12) and a cover (8), wherein the cover (8) comprises a chamber (30) communicating with the ventilation aggregate (12) via at least a fi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7691048 | Incubator patient health care system An infant monitoring system includes an incubation chamber configured to house an infant. Furthermore, the infant monitoring system includes a data reception interface configured to receive a wireless signal indicative of a vital sign. The infant monitoring system m... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7674223 | Door latching mechanism for infant care apparatus An infant care apparatus having a door latching mechanism that provides a positive latching of a door to the hood of the apparatus. The mechanism has a door latching assembly that is affixed to the door and which is latched to a floating catch housing that is affixe... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7588532 | Lifting apparatus for patient support surface An infant support for use with an incubator or a warmer or a combination thereof comprises a support surface having a head end and a foot end and a driver engageable with the head and foot ends. The driver comprises a first elevator and a second elevator. The first ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7530942 | Remote sensing infant warmer An infant is illuminated with heater radiant energy so as to warm the infant. A detector remotely senses infant radiated energy so as to determine the extent of infant warmth, and a controller responsive to the detector regulates the heater radiant energy accordingl... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7442163 | Humidification control system for infant care apparatus 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 ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7364539 | Telemetry sensing system for infant care apparatus An infant warming apparatus for supporting an infant upon an infant bed. The apparatus has a sensor that is affixed to the skin of the infant to detect one or more physiological functions of the infant. A transmitter is located within the enclosure of the sensor and... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357811 | Integrated procedure light for infant care apparatus An infant warming apparatus for supporting an infant upon an infant platform. The apparatus has a procedure light that is recessed into the normal horizontal overhead housing of the apparatus and thus integrated into the infant apparatus. The procedure light is conv... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356862 | Waterbed with massage function A waterbed includes a bed frame, a water mattress mounted on the bed frame, and a flapping device. The flapping device includes two longitudinal shafts rotatably supported by the bed frame and a plurality of flapping members securely mounted on each longitudinal sha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357772 | Patient-support apparatus having line management system An infant support device (10) is provided and includes a support platform (26), an infant enclosure (34) coupled to the support platform (26) and defining an infant compartment for receiving an infant (78), and a line-management ap... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353554 | Floating water bed The floating water bed includes a specially designed unique sleeping bag and a movable mattress pad. The sleeping bag is both thin and soft and it is placed on top of the movable mattress pad. This movable mattress pad can be lowered or risen from the water. As the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335157 | Humidifier module A humidifier module for use with a thermal support apparatus including an air passageway includes a water reservoir and a vapor chamber. A heater is associated with the vapor chamber to generate vapor to humidify air in the air passageway. The humidifier module is m... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325890 | Glove fitting device This invention provides a glove fitting device to be removably fitted to a hermetically closable cabinet for fitting a glove to the cabinet in a manner to allow the glove to be stretched into the cabinet, the glove fitting device including: a tubular container havin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311657 | Patient-support device and docking cart combination A combination comprises a patient-support device and one or more carts that dock to the patient-support device. Some of the disclosed carts that dock to the patient-support device have pivotable storage bins. Some of the disclosed carts have equipment-carrying surfa... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301452 | Care device with wireless data communication A care device and process are provided. The care device has a sensor module (11), which is to be placed directly on the patient (3) for picking up the patient's data, such as temperature, pulse and ECG. A first receiving means (13) is arranged i... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7282022 | Infant care apparatus with fixed overhead heater An infant care apparatus having a canopy movable with respect to an infant support for supporting an infant between a lower position enclosing the infant in an infant compartment and an upper position opening the infant compartment. The canopy has an opening and a d... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278962 | Incubator for newborn and premature patients An incubator for newborn and premature patients includes an air delivery unit with an electric motor and heating and humidifying devices, a control unit including sensing devices to measure air temperature and humidity and a control panel integrally mounted to the i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264586 | Pre-warm function for infant warmer An infant warmer for supporting an infant upon an infant platform. A radiant heater is located above the infant platform to direct infrared energy toward an infant positioned upon the infant platform. There is a pre-heat cycle that is carried out by a controller of ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255671 | Infant care apparatus A patient care apparatus comprises a portable patient support module having a first mattress, a first platform carrying the first mattress, and a first canopy positioned on the first platform to enclose an infant positioned on the first mattress in a first isolation... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247137 | Device for collecting skin permeable gas and apparatus for measuring skin permeable gas An apparatus for measuring skin permeable gas, which can be used to obtain clinical information by noninvasive and bloodless operations and are useful for in-home medical care and health management. The device for collecting skin permeable gas includes a cylindrical... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241616 | System for culturing human cells and tissues Disclosed is a human cell/tissue culturing system including a plurality of incubators, each incubator capable of aseptically storing/culturing cell(s) or tissue(s) derived from a (human) individual and identifying the cell(s) or the tissue(s) during incubation, wher... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235066 | Fluid containment device A wound irrigation/fluid containment system having a flexible bag body defining a containment space, the bag body including walls and at least one opening with a seal, means for accessing through the bag body walls to the containment space and means for inflating po... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230350 | Circuit architecture for vehicle headlamp switch A vehicle switching system includes a controller, a headlamp switch, and a series resistor arrangement. The controller has an input connected to a voltage divider. The switch has a contact movable between positions with each position being associated with a respecti... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216379 | Multi-purpose convertible play yard A co-sleeper convertibly adapted for use as a changing table, bassinet or play yard is described. The invention includes a first rigid enclosure that has four walls and a floor with the front wall capable of being positioned at an upper level equal to the remaining ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7201766 | Methods and apparatus for light therapy In a first aspect, a therapy device is provided. The therapy device includes (1) a hyperbaric chamber adapted to expose at least a target tissue area of a patient to a hyperbaric environment; and (2) a light therapy device adapted to expose the target tissue area of... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198940 | Bioreactor apparatus and cell culturing system A bioreactor apparatus and cell culturing system is provided for the automated cultivation and processing of living cells remotely both on earth and in low gravity which utilizes a generally cylindrical reactor vessel that may be optionally rotated about its cylindr... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7171923 | Water supply tank unit and heating apparatus having the same The present invention provides a water supply tank unit which can treat water that has leaked when a water supply tank is pulled out so that it does not remain. In the invention, a water supply tank unit which is attached to a high-frequency heating apparatus with a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7158863 | Programmable controller for condition air curtains A programmable electronic controller that provides multiple command and control instruction for an air curtain being integrated therewith. The controller includes operational controls for fan speed, time adjustment duration including time delay, start time, stop tim... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152455 | Rapid gas recovery in an incubator system Methods and apparatus for rapid gas recovery in a controlled gas atmosphere enclosure, which are particularly suited for maintaining incubator gas concentration levels, include the formulation of algorithms utilized for this purpose. The algorithms are included in t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7121998 | Vented microcradle for prenidial incubator A vented microcradle comprising a microfabricated enclosure designed to maintain a human embryo or hatching in a controlled care environment, the enclosure forming a cradle support for the human embryo or hatchling and having a ventilation system to provide the huma... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111468 | Air conditioning system and method operating suitably to user's characteristics There is provided an air conditioning system and method for operating an air conditioner according to a user's physical response to external conditions. The air conditioning system includes: an indoor environment sensing unit/a personal characteristic value receptio... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108653 | Canopy adjustable mounting system for infant warming apparatus An infant warming apparatus having a canopy movable with respect to an infant support between a lower position where the canopy mates with an upper peripheral edge of vertical walls extending upwardly from the infant support to enclose the infant in an infant compar... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105785 | High frequency heating apparatus with steam generating function The object of the invention is to provide a high-frequency heating apparatus which has simple configuration, in which leakage into the apparatus from a water tank is prevented without large-sizing the apparatus, which is not influenced by heat from a heating chamber... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7081127 | Far infrared physiatric unit A far infrared physiatric unit has a frame, an emitter and two adjustment knobs. The frame has two side boards and a supporting unit. The supporting unit is mounted between the side boards. The emitter is pivotally mounted between the side boards in the frame. A pat... | 07/25/2006 |
