Claims
- 1. An infant care unit comprising:means for controlling the environment in which an infant may reside, one or more sensors spaced apart from the infant to sense a physiological parameter of the infant and provide a sensor output, the controlling means being responsive to the sensor output to change the environment or provide an alarm or other indication of the parameter; and a respiration sensor adapted to be out of physical contact with the infant for determining the respiration rate of the infant, the respiration sensor being a device having a field of vision including a portion of the infant and generating a video feed.
- 2. The infant care unit of claim 1 comprising a temperature sensor adapted to be spaced out of physical contact with the infant to determine the temperature of the infant.
- 3. The infant care unit of claim 2 which the temperature sensor is an IR sensor.
- 4. The infant care unit of claim 2 comprising a system for heating the environment in which an infant may reside and a control system for the heating system, the control system being operatively connected to the temperature sensor.
- 5. The infant care unit of claim 1 comprising a plurality of temperature sensors adapted to be spaced about and out of physical contact with the infant to determine the temperature of the infant.
- 6. The infant care unit of claim 5 in which each temperature sensor is an IR sensor.
- 7. The infant care unit of claim 6 comprising side and end walls adapted to be spaced about the infant and providing an enclosure, the IR temperature sensors being positioned on the side and end walls.
- 8. An infant care unit comprising:an enclosure in which an infant may reside, means for controlling the environment in the enclosure, one or more sensors spaced apart from the infant to sense a physiological parameter of the infant and provide a sensor output, the controlling means being responsive to the sensor output to change the environment or provide an alarm or other indication of the parameter, and a respiration sensor adapted to be out of physical contact with the infant for determining the respiration rate of the infant, the respiration sensor being a device generating an audio feed of sounds within the enclosure.
- 9. The infant care unit of claim 8 comprising a temperature sensor adapted to be spaced out of physical contact with the infant to determine the temperature of the infant.
- 10. The infant care unit of claim 9 in which the temperature sensor is an IR sensor.
- 11. The infant care unit of claim 9 comprising a system for heating the environment in the enclosure and a control system for the heating system, the control system being operatively connected to the temperature sensor.
- 12. The infant care unit of claim 8 comprising a plurality of temperature sensors adapted to be spaced about and out of physical contact with the infant to determine the temperature of the infant.
- 13. The infant care unit of claim 12 in which each temperature sensor is an IR sensor.
- 14. The infant care unit of claim 13 comprising side and end walls adapted to be spaced about the infant and providing an enclosure, the IR temperature sensors being positioned on the side and end walls.
- 15. The infant care unit of claim 8 and further comprising a speaker located within the enclosure and coupled to a sound generating device for generating sounds within the enclosure.
- 16. The infant care unit of claim 15 wherein the sound generating device includes a feedback device for feeding the audio feed to the speaker to cancel noise within the enclosure.
Parent Case Info
This Application claims benefit of Provisional No. 60/266,793 filed Feb. 6, 2001.
US Referenced Citations (15)
Provisional Applications (1)
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