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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2013
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Felicity Pino, Kansas City, MO (US);
Saurav Paul, Minneapolis, MN (US);
James Krocak, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John E. Ferguson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Nicole Eugenia Pardo Lamos, Humble, TX (US);
David Amor, Glenview, IL (US);
Ashish Singal, Blaine, MN (US);
Greg Ruth, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Blaine Schneider, St. Paul, MN (US);
Kari Roberts, St. Paul, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A care unit can include a base member and a plurality of petal members. Each petal member can extend from a first end, engaged with the base member, to a second end, spaced from the base member. Inward-facing surfaces of at least two petal members and the base member can collectively define a cavity for receiving at least a portion of the patient. The care unit can further include one or both of a therapy component, configured to provide a treatment to the patient, or a sensor component, configured to monitor a condition of the patient. The therapy component can be coupled to, or integrated with, one or both of the base member or a petal member and can include an optical light source, a thermal energy source, an oxygen or air source, a sound wave source, a sound wave-cancelling source, or a pulsating source, for example.