Incubator mattress tilt mechanism

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1994-11-08

1996-07-02

Sykes, Angela D.

Surgery

Isolation treatment chambers

Incubators

5 11, A61G 1100

Patent

active

055316638

ABSTRACT:
An infant incubator tilt mechanism is disclosed that allows infinite adjustment of the tilt angle of the infant mattress within certain limits. The mechanism includes a bent rod positioned within the infant incubator itself and underlying the infant bed and which has an offset portion that engages a bed lifter. As the bent rod is rotated about an axis, the bent rod moves the bed lifter to raise and/or lower the infant bed. One end of the bent rod extends outwardly to the exterior of the infant compartment and is rotatable by an exterior mechanism having a lead screw that is rotated by the operator to cause lateral movement of a link mechanism along an axis at about ninety degrees to the axis of rotation of the bent rod. The lateral movement of the link is again translated into rotational movement and connects to the bent rod to translate that rotational movement to the bent rod. The entire tilt mechanism is readily removable so as to be easily cleaned.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4734945 (1988-04-01), Wright
patent: 4885918 (1989-12-01), Vaccaro
patent: 4934007 (1990-06-01), Sweet
patent: 4935974 (1990-06-01), Stebbins et al.
patent: 5303437 (1994-04-01), Hung

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