A neo-natal safety net for selective connection between a delivery table and an attending obstetrician, or between a delivery table and a neo-natal table, thereby providing a safety net for the space therebetween for catching a newborn infant in the event that the baby accidentally slips from the hands of the obstetrician after delivery, or from the hands of an attending nurse during the post-natal care of the baby.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
Hospitals are required to provide the utmost in medical care and safety to 
their patients, and most particularly to maternity patients during the 
birth and delivery of babies. While the attending obstetrician has been 
educated in the medical arts to be aware of the well-being of the 
expectant mother during the prenatal period through the safe delivery and 
birth of the baby, there is always a necessity to safely handle the baby 
immediately after delivery particularly due to the fact that the infant is 
covered with a fluid rendering the baby slippery; and thus not easily 
handled for subsequent post-natal care. 
After considerable research and experimentation, the neo-natal device of 
the present invention has been devised to enhance the safety of the 
newborn child while being handled by the attending obstetrician 
immediately after delivery, or by attending nurses during the post-natal 
care of the baby. 
The neo-natal device of the present invention comprises, essentially, a net 
having connecting members on each side thereof adapted for connecting the 
net between the delivery table and the attending obstetrician, whereby the 
net is suspended over the space between the delivery table and the 
obstetrician, to thereby provide a safety net for catching the newborn 
infant in the event that the baby accidentally slips from the hands of the 
obstetrician. 
The neo-natal net can also be employed between the delivery table and the 
conventional neo-natal table to provide a safety net therebetween. 
While, in one embodiment, the net is detachably connected to the waist of 
the attending obstetrician, in another embodiment the side of the net can 
be fixedly secured to the obstetrician's surgical gown as by stitching.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
Referring to the drawing and more particularly to FIG. 1, the neo-natal 
device of the present invention comprises a rectangular net 1 having 
selvedged edges 2, and connecting members 3 and 4 secured to the corners 5 
of the net 1. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the connecting 
members 3 and 4 are in the form of straps adapted to encircle the waist of 
the attending obstetrician 6 and to be connected to the delivery table 7, 
respectively, whereby the net is suspended over the space between the 
obstetrician 6 and delivery table 7, to thereby provide a safety net for 
catching the newborn infant 8 in the event that the baby accidentally 
slips from the hands of the obstetrician. 
While FIG. 2 shows the neo-natal net 1 extending between the delivery table 
7 and the obstetrician 6, FIG. 3 illustrates the net 1 extending between 
the delivery table 7 and a conventional neo-natal table 9, to thereby 
provide a safety net therebetween. 
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the connecting members 3 are in the form 
of straps or ties encircling the waist of the obstetrician. As will be 
seen in FIGS. 4 and 5, the connecting members 3 can be omitted and the net 
can be either stitched as at 10 to the obstetrician's gown 11, or 
detachably connected thereto by means of Velcro 12. 
It is to be understood that the forms of the invention herewith shown and 
described are to be taken as preferred examples of the same, and that 
various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be 
resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope 
of the sub-joined claims.