Patent ID: 6450168
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A41D,A61B

Abstract:
An infant sleeping blanket/garment for use with medical devices comprising:a garment, adapted to enclose at least the upper torso of an infant, said garment having a top, said top having: an opening adapted to surround the neck of the infant, and a shoulder region on each of the two sides of said neck opening, said shoulder region adapted to surround the shoulders of the infant enclosed within said garment, a bottom, a back, and a front, said front comprising: partable right and left panels, said right left panels being releasably joinable by securing means for securing said right and left panels in a joined position, means for providing access to the infant's upper torso region for installing, maintaining and removing medical devices without having to remove said garment, and means for directing and constraining tubes and cords of medical devices within the length, top to bottom, of said garment and from said garment; and wherein said means for directing and constraining tubes and cords of medical devices within the length of said garment and from said garment comprises: an openable monitor cable sheath affixed within at least one of said right and left front panels of said garment, said monitor cable sheath further comprising: a monitor cable sheath flap affixed by a first edge inside said at least one of said right and left front panels of said garment, substantially parallel to and spaced from said securing means for releasably joining said right and left front panels of said garment, a first fastening device element affixed along a second edge of said monitor cable sheath flap, said second edge being substantially parallel said first edge, and a second fastening device element adapted to mate with said first fastener device element affixed inside said at least one of said right and left front panels of said garment proximate said securing means, the area between said front panel of said garment, said monitor cable sheath flap, said line of affixing of said monitor cable sheath flap to said front panel of said garment, and said first and said second fastener device elements forming a linear sheath for directing and constraining the tubes and cords of medical devices within the confines of said sheath and from said bottom of said garment.