Device and Method for Reducing the Heat Loss of Infants

• US 20110021886A1
• Filed: 07/21/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cheryl Briggs
• Original Assignee: Cheryl Briggs
• Inventors: Briggs, Cheryl
• Application Number:
  US12/841,109
• Publication Number:
  US 20110021886A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06

Abstract

A device and method for reducing heat loss of a infant is provided. In one embodiment, the device includes a head portion having a face aperture, a middle portion connected to said head portion and having a belly aperture, wherein said belly aperture is positioned substantially above an umbilical cord of an infant disposed in the device, said middle portion having a closeable opening extending from said face aperture to said belly aperture, and a lower portion connected to said middle portion and having a leg compartment.

Claims

1. A device for reducing heat loss of an infant, comprising:

a head portion having a face aperture;

a middle portion connected to said head portion and having a belly aperture;

wherein said belly aperture is positioned substantially above an umbilical cord of an infant disposed in the device;

said middle portion having a closeable opening extending from said face aperture to said belly aperture;

a lower portion connected to said middle portion;

an eye covering mechanism removably attached to the head portion to at least partially cover the face aperture to thereby cover the eyes of the infant;

a temperature sensor attached into the device to assess a temperature inside the device; and

an oxygen sensor attached into the device to assess a blood oxygen content of an infant in the device.

2. A device for reducing heat loss of an infant, comprising:

a head portion having a face aperture;

a middle portion connected to said head portion and having a belly aperture;

wherein said belly aperture is positioned substantially above an umbilical cord of an infant disposed in the device;

said middle portion having a closeable opening extending from said face aperture to said belly aperture; and

a lower portion connected to said middle portion and having a leg compartment.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein said head portion includes a liner.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein said belly aperture includes a closeable flap.

5. The device of claim 2, further comprising an oxygen sensor integrated into the lower portion.

6. The device of claim 2, further comprising an eye covering mechanism removably attached to the head portion to partially cover the face aperture to thereby cover the eyes of the infant.

7. The device of claim 2, further comprising a first portion and a second portion connected to said middle portion and each configured to receive an arm of the infant;

and

wherein at least one of said first and second arm portions includes an opening and a flap covering said opening.

8. The device of claim 2, further comprising a first and second ear pad removably attached to said head portion and each located to cover an ear of the infant.

9. The device of claim 2, further comprising a temperature sensor for assessing the temperature inside the device and configured to provide temperature data to a display external to the display.

10. The device of claim 2, further comprising a heating element integrated into at least said middle portion.

11. The device of claim 2, wherein said lower portion includes a first leg portion and a second leg portion.

13. The method according to claim 9, further comprising placing the infant in the device under a radiant warmer.

12. A method of forming a device, comprising:

providing a head portion having a face aperture;

providing a middle portion connected to said head portion and having a belly aperture;

wherein said belly aperture is positioned to substantially above an umbilical cord of an infant disposed in the device;

said middle portion having a closeable opening extending from said face aperture to said belly aperture and configured to be fixed closed; and

providing a lower portion connected to said middle portion and having a leg compartment.

placing an infant in the device;

closing the opening of the device;

connecting at least one medical item to the infant.

14. The method according to claim 12, further comprising accessing the umbilical cord of the infant through the belly aperture of the device.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein said device further comprises an eye covering mechanism removably attached to the head portion to partially cover the face aperture to thereby cover the eyes of the infant.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein said device further comprises a first arm compartment and a second arm compartment connected to said middle portion and each configured to receive an arm of the infant;

wherein said first and second arm compartment each include an opening and a flap covering said opening.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein said device further comprises a first and second ear pad removably attached to said head portion and each located to cover an ear of the infant.

18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising placing the infant in the device on a warming mattress.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein the at least one medical item is selected from the group of:

an intravenous medication and an endrotracheal tube.

20. The method according to claim 12, providing a temperature sensor integrated into the device.