Ge Precision Healthcare LLC

Helge B Klockow

Steven Mitchell Falk

James Michael Storey

Aaron John Avagliano

Constantin Dinu

Judeth Brannon Corry

Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan

Gary Dwayne Mandrusiak

Shruti Abhijit Gadgil

Karl Hardcastle

Thomas Ziegler

Mohanavenkatesh Thangavelu

Shahasan Noushad

Dominik Wandel

Hendrik Hug

Guoqing Wang

Prashant Tiwari

Gregory Laskowski

Scott Parent

A neonatal incubator system includes an enclosure having side panels that create a chamber that receives an infant. At least one of the side panels is movable between an upright closed position and a retracted open position. A side panel latch assembly is positioned to permit and prevent movement of the movable side panel between the open and closed positions. The side panel latch assembly includes a movable latch lever having a primary latch member and a secondary latch member that are spaced from each other. The primary latch member engages a first catch on a latch receptable to hold the side panel latch assembly in the latched position. The secondary latch member engages a second catch on the latch receptacle when the side panel is partially open. The primary and secondary latch members move together with the latch lever to release both the primary and secondary latch members.

Side panel latch assembly for an incubator

An infant care device includes a mattress and mattress tray configured to support a baby and an enclosure/barrier surrounding the mattress to create a chamber around the baby. A plurality of sensors, such as load cells, are distributed beneath the mattress and mattress tray. A control unit receives information from the load cells and is able to determine the position of the baby on the mattress. A safe zone and a potential fall zone are defined in the control unit. When the determined location of the baby is within the potential fall zone, the control unit operates a resistance mechanism to restrict movement of the baby toward a perimeter edge of the mattress and generates an alarm. Multiple embodiments of the resistance mechanism are disclosed to restrict the movement of the baby.

System and method to detect and prevent neonate fall from an infant care device

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Wauwatosa, WI, United States of America

Helge B Klockow