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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Arkadiy Tsitlik, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Steven Falk, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 11/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61G 11/002 (2013.01); A61G 11/009 (2013.01); A61B 5/1036 (2013.01); A61B 5/7221 (2013.01);
Abstract
An infant care system comprises a platform configured to support an infant and to receive an applied force on the platform. The infant care system also comprises at least two load cells connected to the platform, each of the two load cells configured to receive at least a portion of the applied force on the platform and generate a signal indicative of the portion of applied force received. The infant care system also comprises a processor configured to receive and analyze the signals from the load cells and perform a function based on the analyzed signals.