Fisher & Paykel Limited

Christopher Peter Hutchinson

Andrew Paul Salmon

Paul Joseph Moody

Mark Gregory Benson

Richard Geoffrey Templer

David James Keeley

David Valletort Haysom

Richard Barry Doig

An inclination adjusting linkage arrangement is disclosed for an open care bed or infant warmer having a mattress supported on a mattress base cantilevered from a columnar or vertically disposed 'back bone'. The mattress base includes a box like frame over which a sheet is stretched to provide tensioned support for a mattress. Adjustment of the angle of inclination of the mattress base is made possible by the use of a non-parallel arm type system providing a virtual pivot point for the mattress base which may be positioned near the center of the mattress.

Inclination adjusting linkage arrangement for a supporting surface

An open care bed or infant warmer having a mattress supported on a mattress base cantilevered from a columnar or vertically disposed 'back bone'. The column carries an infrared radiant heater head at its upper end which directs heat down towards the mattress. The lower end of the column sits on a base of the infant warmer which is provided with castors for transporting the warmer. The mattress base comprises a box like frame over which a sheet is stretched to provide tensioned support for a mattress. The sides of the mattress base are provided with fold down side walls which are normally retained in a vertical position but are lowerable to a horizontal position, by free falling under the control of a friction controlled damping axle configuration. Adjustment of the angle of inclination of the mattress base is made possible by the use of a non-parallel arm type system providing a virtual pivot point for the mattress base which may be positioned near the center of the mattress.

Infant warmer

Healthcare apparatus

An infant warmer for use in a Healthcare environment for the examination and treatment of newborn babies. A column supports an infra-red radiant heater above a support surface on which the baby is positioned. The support source is cantilevered from the column. The column is carried by a base section which is provided with wheels to allow the infant warmer to be easily transported. The base section includes an automated height adjustment mechanism which allows a user to easily adjust the height of the support surface by raising; or lowering the column. The infant warmer is made in a modular fashion to be easily customised for any particular environment or special requirement by constructing the column from a 'U' shaped extrusion which allows various Healthcare modules to be inserted as required to suit particular requirements.

Infant warmer with height adjustment mechanism

An infrared radiant heater for use in an infant warmer open care bed. The heater includes a curved reflector within a similarly shaped housing. Between the reflector and casing is at least one baffle made of a heat insulating material. The baffle divides the inside of the housing into a number of separate insulating air gaps. In order to ensure that heat is not conducted through the head, spacers protrude from the housing to support the baffles at their required positions maintaining heat insulating air gaps between the heater head components.

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Auckland, New Zealand

Christopher Peter Hutchinson