PREMATURE NEONATE CLOSED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM

• US 20130267765A1
• Filed: 08/27/2012
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aspect Imaging Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Aspect Magnet Technologies, Ltd.
• Inventors: RAPOPORT, Uri
• Granted Patent: US 9,072,644 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/22
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/045 Newborns, e.g. premature baby monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 10/005 Isolators, i.e. enclosures generally comprising flexible walls for maintaining a germ-free environment
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 11/00 Baby-incubators; Couveuses
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 11/005 with movable walls, e.g. for accessing the inside, removable walls
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 11/009 with hand insertion windows, e.g. in the walls
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/46 for temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2210/50 for radiography

Abstract

A magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule (MPNTC) for transporting a premature neonate from a host infant incubator having a steady environmental condition to an MRD. The MPNTC has at least one first normally open configuration when the capsule is disposed within the incubator and a second closed configuration for removal, transportation, insertion, measurement and vice versa within an MRD device. The MPNTC includes an environmental control system thereby adapted to maintain continuous attachment of the neonate with life support connection lines. The MPNTC is further adapted to maintain environmental conditions substantially similar to the host infant incubator environmental condition when the MPNTC is transported from the incubator to the MRD device.

Claims

1. A magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule (MPNTC) for transporting a premature neonate from an host infant incubator having a steady environmental condition to an MRD;

said MPNTC having at least one first normally open configuration when said capsule is disposed within said incubator and a second closed configuration for removal, transportation, insertion, measurement and vice versa within an MRD device;

said MPNTC comprises an environmental control system thereby adapted to maintain continuous attachment of said neonate with life support connection lines;

said MPNTC is adapted to maintain environmental conditions substantially similar to said host infant incubator environmental condition when said MPNTC is transported from said incubator to said MRD device;

said environmental control system is selected from the group consisting of heat insulation means, an operative connection to a temperature regulation system, an operative connection to a humidity regulation system, an operative connection to an air supply system, an operative connection to an oxygen regulation system, an operative connection to a CO₂ regulation system;

wherein said MPNTC'"'"'s environmental control system, by being adapted to maintain said environmental conditions substantially similar to said host infant incubator environmental condition when said MPNTC is transported from said incubator to said MRD device, meets at least one member of a group of standards consisting of IEC 6061-2-19 Standard Clauses 12 201.12.101 (Stability of incubator);

IEC 201.12.102 (Uniformity of incubator temperature);

IEC 201.12.103 (Accuracy of skin temperature sensor);

IEC 201.12.1.104 (accuracy between skin temperature and control temperature during removal, transportation and insertion within said MRD device);

IEC 201.12.1.108 (overshoot time) and/or IEC 12 201.12.1.107 (warm up time).

2. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule for transporting a premature neonate from a host infant incubator according to claim 1 wherein said MPNTC comprises at least one environmental sensing and alarm system.

3. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule for transporting a premature neonate from a host infant incubator according to claim 2 wherein said at least one environmental sensing and alarm system comprises feedback control.

4. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule for transporting a premature neonate from an host infant incubator according to claims 2 and 3 wherein said environmental sensing and alarm system is selected from the group consisting of a temperature alarm humidity alarm, air supply alarm, oxygen concentration alarm, CO₂ concentration alarm.

5. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule for transporting a premature neonate from an host infant incubator according to claim 1 such that said MPNTC is adapted to maintain temperature conditions substantially similar to said host infant incubator temperature conditions wherein said capsule has a steady temperature condition within a range of about ±

0.5 degrees Celsius of said incubator when said capsule is transported from said incubator to said MRD device.

6. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule according to claim 1 wherein said predetermined steady temperature condition is maintained over a period of at least one hour when checked at about 32 degrees Celsius and about 36 degrees Celsius.

7. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule according to claim 1 wherein said MPNTC is adapted to maintain similar temperature conditions to said baby controlled incubator namely said predetermined steady temperature condition during baby control mode are maintained such that the skin temperature of the neonate does not differ from said predetermined steady temperature condition by more than 0.7 degrees Celsius.

8. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule according to claim 1 characterized in that said MPNTC is adapted to maintain similar conditions to said incubator namely that when the control temperature of said incubator is set at 12 degrees Celsius above ambient temperature, supply voltage being equal to the rated voltage, said incubator operating as an air controlled infant incubator, said infant incubator is switched on starting from cold condition, and time for the incubator temperature to rise by 11 degrees Celsius is measured, the warm up time of said capsule substantially conforms with warm up time of said incubator.

9. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule according to claim 1 wherein said capsule is adapted to maintain an overshoot temperature of 2 degrees Celsius temperature within said incubator.

10. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule according to claim 1 wherein said capsule is adapted to maintain said temperature during a 15 minute steady state temperature condition restoration period.

11. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule according to claim 1 adapted to maintain substantially similar temperature conditions to that of said incubator when said infant incubator is operated as an air controlled incubator at a control temperature of 32 degrees until said steady state temperature is reached, and the temperature is then adjusted to a control temperature of 36 degrees Celsius, the overshoot of incubator and the time to reach the new steady temperature condition from the first passage of 36 degrees Celsius being measured.

12. The magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule for transporting a premature neonate from an host infant incubator according to claim 3 wherein said environmental sensing and alarm system is selected from the group consisting of a temperature alarm humidity alarm, air supply alarm, oxygen concentration alarm, CO₂ concentration alarm.