Patent ID: 7966678
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: A61B,A61G,G01G

Abstract:
1. An open infant care bed, said infant care bed comprising a base having an infant platform on which an infant is adapted to be positioned, said infant care bed having incorporated therein evaluation devices including a scale for determining the weight of an infant, a pressure sensor for determining the sucking strength of an infant, a hearing monitor for determining the ability of the infant to hear certain frequencies and a bilirubinometer for determining the bilirubin level in the blood of an infant, the infant care bed having a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory device having stored therein an electronic protocol of a plurality of evaluation tests to be performed by the evaluation devices on an infant positioned on the infant platform and a manual input device for a caregiver to input data indicative of tests performed by a caregiver on an infant, the infant care bed further having an electronic display, the CPU adapted to send the manually inputted data by the caregiver and the listing of the evaluation tests stored in the memory device including at least one of weight, sucking strength, hearing ability and bilirubin level to the electronic display to visually indicate to a user the completion of any of such tests.