Newborn Platform for Delayed Cord Clamping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for delayed umbilical cord clamping are expensive and complicated, and the short length of the umbilical cord can hinder positioning of the newborn during resuscitation, especially in C-section births, while also requiring repeated transfers that pose risks to the newborn's safety and health.
Innovation Solution
A newborn utility cart assembly with a fully articulatable platform that allows for multiple degrees of freedom, enabling secure positioning near the mother during delayed cord clamping, and includes features like a recessed surface, antimicrobial materials, and integrated accessories for resuscitation, while maintaining sterility and minimizing equipment proximity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the newborn is positioned on a secure surface for resuscitation during delayed cord clamping, then the newborn safety is improved, but the procedure becomes expensive and complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the newborn care function into two separate components: the operating table where the mother remains, and the movable platform where the newborn is positioned. This segmentation allows delayed cord clamping and resuscitation to occur on a dedicated platform without complicating the overall procedure, as each component performs its specific function independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable platform acts as an intermediary device between the mother on the operating table and the newborn care area. It provides a secure surface for newborn positioning and resuscitation while maintaining the umbilical cord connection, thereby improving newborn safety without requiring complex integration with the mother's surgical position.
2Length of moving object
If the umbilical cord length is short, then the newborn can be positioned closer to the mother, but positioning the newborn on a secure surface for resuscitation is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The platform is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to be dynamically positioned at various distances from the mother. This enables the system to accommodate short umbilical cords by bringing the platform close to the mother when needed, while still providing a secure surface for resuscitation when the cord allows greater separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the spatial parameter by providing an adjustable distance between the mother and newborn platform. This allows optimization of the positioning based on umbilical cord length, ensuring both secure newborn positioning and ease of operation regardless of cord length variations.
3Reliability
If the same bed is used from birth to discharge, then repeated transfers are reduced, but the sterile space around the operating table becomes congested with personnel and equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the newborn care function from the mother's surgical area by using a separate movable platform. This allows the newborn to remain on a secure surface for resuscitation and subsequent care without requiring repeated transfers, while keeping the operating table area uncluttered and maintaining sterile space management.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable platform extends the care space into a separate dimension from the operating table, allowing newborn positioning and equipment placement without congesting the sterile space around the mother. This spatial separation maintains both newborn safety and efficient sterile field management.
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AI summary
A delayed cord-clamping surface is provided that includes a newborn platform having a recessed surface configured to receive a chemical warming mattress, where the chemical warming mattress includes a conformable surface, where the newborn platform includes a detachable platform support that is configured to position the newborn platform proximal to a surgical region of a C-section patient, where the newborn platform is configured to support a newborn baby while an umbilical cord remains connected between the newborn and the C-section patient for draining from a placenta, where the newborn platform is configured to fitably mount with a warming table when the newborn platform is in a detached state from the detachable platform support.