Neonatal Warmer Mattress Extension Tray for Delayed Cord Clamping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current neonatal warming devices do not allow for simultaneous delayed cord clamping and optimal use, leading to premature cord clamping and potential negative medical consequences for newborns.
Innovation Solution
An extending apparatus for neonatal warming devices, comprising a movable infant support tray and longitudinal guides, enabling safe and effective access for newborns during delayed cord clamping while maintaining access to life support features.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the neonatal warming device is used in its standard configuration, then the device structure remains simple and access to life support features is easy, but delayed cord clamping cannot be achieved and premature cord clamping occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a movable tray assembly that can be extended and retracted. The tray moves along guide rails between a retracted position (flush with device front) and an extended position (protruding beyond device front). This dynamic configuration allows the device to adapt between standard operation mode and delayed cord clamping mode, resolving the contradiction between maintaining simple structure and enabling delayed cord clamping functionality.
2Reliability
If the support tray is extended to enable delayed cord clamping, then delayed cord clamping is achieved, but access to life support features and control panel becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The movable tray assembly allows dynamic reconfiguration: when extended for delayed cord clamping, the tray provides cord access; when retracted, full access to the control panel and life support features is restored. This dynamic positioning resolves the contradiction by providing both functionalities at different operational states.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is segmented into the main body (containing control panel and life support features) and the movable tray assembly (for infant support and cord access). This segmentation allows independent operation of each component, enabling the tray to extend for cord clamping while the main body remains accessible for life support functions.
3Device complexity
If the tray is made stationary to simplify the mechanism, then device complexity is reduced, but the tray cannot be moved to accommodate both delayed cord clamping and life support access
Solution Approach 1:
The tray assembly is designed with movable capability along guide rails, transitioning from a stationary to a dynamic configuration. This mobility enables the tray to be positioned in retracted state for standard operations or extended state for delayed cord clamping, providing versatility without excessive complexity through simple linear motion mechanics.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing safe and effective access for a newborn infant, i.e. a neonate, to a neonatal warming device while the umbilical cord is still intact. The apparatus comprises a stable support extension tray that enables movement of the mattress and the warmed surface of the warming device to allow for delayed cord clamping (DCC) of an umbilical cord attached to the infant and mother, while also providing full access to the life support features housed within the warming device, access for healthcare personnel to attend to the neonate, access for healthcare personnel to attend to the mother while maintaining sterile conditions for the mother in the case of a C-section (Caesarean section) delivery.