Patient carestation

a technology for patients and caregivers, applied in the field of patient carestations, can solve the problems of difficult caregivers, difficult working conditions, and difficult environment surrounding, and achieve the effects of reducing the normal clutter of the nursery, ensuring the wellbeing of the infant, and facilitating observation
US20050215844A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-09-29TEN EYCK LAWRENCE G +4
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
TEN EYCK LAWRENCE G
Publication Date
2005-09-29
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A patient carestation for providing care to a patient including at least one environmental sensor sensing information concerning the environment surrounding the patient and providing electronic signals indicative of that environment. There are also physiological sensors sensing information relating to physiological conditions of the patient other than skin temperature and providing electronic signals indicative of physiological conditions of the patient. There may also be therapeutic sensors providing data based on therapy administered by peripheral apparatus and an input receiving patient information. A signal processor receives the signals from the physiological sensors, the environmental sensor, the therapeutic sensor and the patient information input and combines those signals into an integrated combination of signals for use by the caregiver. The integrated combination of signals can be used in a smart alarm or to generally appraise the caregiver at a central location as to the status of the patient.
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BACKGROUND

[0001] The present invention relates to a patient carestation, such as an infant carestation and, more particularly, to an apparatus having an integrated signal processing unit that receives disparate signals representing physiological information of a patient, such as an infant, as well as environmental conditions surrounding the infant being attended to by that infant care apparatus and / or other information relevant to the care of the infant.

[0002] Presently there are various differing types of patient care apparatus, particularly infant care apparatus, including incubators, warmers or combinations thereof. For example, an infant incubator is shown and described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,936,824 of Mackin et al; an infant warmer is shown and described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,474,517 of Falk et al and a combination apparatus combining the functions of an incubator and an infant warmer is shown and described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,224,532 of Jones et al and U.S. Pat. No. 6,231,499 of Jo...

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