Patent ID: 6047201
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
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.