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Infant blood oxygen monitor and SIDS warning device

  • US 6,047,201 A
  • Filed: 04/02/1998
  • Issued: 04/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable adjustable cordless device to alert caregivers of the onset of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome occurring in an infant comprising:

  • (a) an extremity mounted apparatus wherein;

    said apparatus has means for adjustably fitting around an extremity of the infant;

    said apparatus has self-contained means for determining blood oxygen levels;

    said apparatus has self-contained cordless means for transmitting said blood oxygen levels determined by said self-contained means for determining blood oxygen;

    said apparatus has first means for powering said self-contained determining means and said self-contained transmitting means and;

    said apparatus is constructed of a first portion that is, at least in part, made of stretchy elasticized material and of a second portion designed to fit over the toe of the infant, said second portion equipped with said self-contained means for determining blood oxygen levels in the infant;

    (b) a monitor to be kept with a caregiver wherein;

    said monitor has means for receiving transmissions of blood oxygen determinations from said cordless transmission means in said apparatus, said blood oxygen determination being made by said self-contained determining means in said apparatus;

    said monitor has means for processing blood oxygen determinations,said monitor has means for sounding an audible alarm if blood oxygen determinations fall below a predetermined level and;

    said monitor has a second means for powering said receiving means, said processing means, and said sounding means;

    whereby a caregiver may fit said extremity mounted apparatus to an extremity of an infant, placing an infant so fitted with said extremity mounted apparatus into a bed or other resting position, then leaving infant unattended, but keeping said monitor with a caregiver so that a caregiver may listen for said audible alarm and so be alerted to the onset of a Sudden Infant Death Syndrome event.

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