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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Harry Edward Belsinger, Jr., Forest Hill, MD (US);
Steven Mitchell Falk, Baltimore, MD (US);
Karen P. Starr, Monkton, MD (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A patient transfer device is utilized to transport infant patients between locations within a hospital environment. The patient transfer device includes a center support section and a pair of side sections that can be moved into contact with each other to surround the infant patient. The first and second side sections each include a handle that can be brought into close proximity to each other and can be grasped by a single hand of a clinician. The patient transfer device includes an integrated vapor barrier that can be positioned to at least partially surround the infant when the infant is received on the patient transfer device to reduce evaporative cooling of the infant. The vapor barrier includes a support structure to create a canopy that holds the vapor barrier out of contact with the infant.