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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Lawrence G. Ten Eyck, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Steven M. Falk, Baltimore, MD (US);
Lawrence G. Ten Eyck, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Steven M. Falk, Baltimore, MD (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An infant care system includes an infant care tower configured to receive at least one medical device. A processor operates the infant care tower and the at least one medical device. A bassinet is configured to receive an infant patient within a microenvironment defined and maintained by the bassinet. Upon connection of the bassinet to the infant care tower, the processor operates to control both the infant care tower and the bassinet in maintain the microenvironment of the bassinet. In a method of treating an infant patient, an infant patient is provided in a microenvironment defined and maintained by a bassinet. The bassinet is communicatively connected to the care tower and a first processor of the infant care tower operates the bassinet to maintain the microenvironment to provide medical care to the infant patient with the at least one medical device of the infant care tower.