Patent ID: 6905457
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: A61F,A61G,H05B

Abstract:
1. An infant warming apparatus, said infant warming apparatus comprising an base having an infant platform on which an infant is adapted to be positioned, a canopy mounted to said base and being movable between a lower position wherein said canopy fits over the infant platform to form an infant compartment enclosing an infant and an upper position where said canopy is elevated with respect to the infant platform and said infant compartment is open, at least one radiant heater affixed to said canopy, said at least one radiant heater being operable when said canopy is in said upper position to direct infrared energy along a first path toward said infant platform, and a mechanism to move the radiant heater to redirect the infrared energy from the first path to a second path that is directed away from the infant platform.