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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2005
Ricardo Hahn, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Raymond Peck, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Lynda Marie Knox, Long Beach, CA (US);
Ricardo Hahn, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Raymond Peck, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Lynda Marie Knox, Long Beach, CA (US);
Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
An infant positioner and positioning system, and methods of use and manufacture, are disclosed for preventing SIDS, plagiocephaly, torticolli, or suffocation from regurgitation. The device and system includes an infant positioner with a concave back support and abdominal support for positioning an infant on its side. A position marker can also indicate how to position the infant within the infant positioner.