The present invention provides an elongated active thermo-regulated neonatal transportable incubator (ANTI), having a main longitudinal axis with a proximal end and an opposite distal end comprising adjacent to at least one of the ends a temperature regulating vent (TRV). The TRV is configured to stream air from one end towards the opposite end substantially along the axis, and the ANTI is configured, by means of size and shape, to accommodate the neonate in parallel to the axis. Further the ANTI can be configured by means of size shape and material to at least partially inserted into an MRD having an open bore in its longitudinal axis, further accommodating the neonate parallel to the MRD bore. An incubator with a temperature regulating vent located outside the incubator and its base.

A maneuverable RF coil assembly, useful for being maneuvered at both positions: (i) over at least a portion of a neonate immobilized within a cradle at time of MR imaging; and (ii) below or aside the cradle when it is not required for imaging. The maneuverable RF coil assembly comprises at least one RF coil and maneuvering mechanism. The maneuvering mechanism comprises both: (i) a linear reciprocating mechanism for approaching or otherwise drawing away at least one coil to and from the neonate; and (ii) tilting mechanism for placing at least one coil away from the neonate.

A system comprising a multi-sensor catheter for monitoring of a cardiac hemodynamic condition, e.g. heart failure, is disclosed. The multi-sensor catheter comprises multi-lumen catheter tubing comprising first and second optical pressure sensors, and their respective optical fibers and connectors. For right heart and pulmonary artery catheterization, a flow-directed multi-sensor catheter comprises a guidewire lumen, an inflatable balloon tip, and sensor locations are configured for placement of a sensor in each of the right atrium and pulmonary artery, for measurement of central venous pressure in the right atrium and a pulmonary artery pressure. An optical fiber for oximetry may be included. The outside diameter is small enough for insertion through a vein of the arm. For monitoring of a left atrial shunt, sensors of a multi-sensor catheter are configured for measuring pressures upstream and downstream of the shunt, e.g. in the left and right atria, or left atrium and coronary sinus.

An infant care device includes a mattress and mattress tray configured to support a baby and an enclosure/barrier surrounding the mattress to create a chamber around the baby. A plurality of sensors, such as load cells, are distributed beneath the mattress and mattress tray. A control unit receives information from the load cells and is able to determine the position of the baby on the mattress. A safe zone and a potential fall zone are defined in the control unit. When the determined location of the baby is within the potential fall zone, the control unit operates a resistance mechanism to restrict movement of the baby toward a perimeter edge of the mattress and generates an alarm. Multiple embodiments of the resistance mechanism are disclosed to restrict the movement of the baby.

A station for conducting an infant car seat challenge test includes a first portion, a second portion, and a resilient cushion. The first portion has a top configured as an open-top receptacle. The resilient cushion is disposed in and is coupled to the open-top receptacle. The resilient cushion has a sloped top surface where the sloped top surface is sloped towards a first side of the open-top receptacle. The resilient cushion is adapted to support an infant car seat thereon. The second portion is coupled to the first portion at a second side of the open-top receptacle. The second portion includes a platform positioned above the open-top receptacle wherein the platform is adapted to support an electronic display thereon.

Systems and method for positioning a neonate within an imaging device are provided. A capsule incubator, a cart, and a docking incubator are used to move a baby between an imaging device and a incubator, such that a baby can be imagined without having to move the baby from its environment.

Systems and methods are provided for wirelessly obtaining a physiological signal from a patient. In one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of sensors spaced apart from one another and adapted to measure physiological signals from a patient, and a communication module configured to wirelessly transmit the physiological signals measured by the plurality of sensors to a computing device. In this way, a fabric cover with the plurality of sensors and the communication module integrated therein may be washable and/or disposable while also enabling acquisition of an ECG signal and/or heart rate for neonatal or infant care applications.

A method for reducing the risk of neurological injury to a neonatal human child includes the steps of: (I) monitoring in a pregnant patient during labor at least a first set of parameters indicative of a present level of risk for neurological injury to the child as a fetus; (II) during the period between a cervical dilatation of 10 cm in the patient and delivery of the child and/or during at least the first 5 minutes following delivery of the child, determining a present level of risk for neurological injury to the child based on the at least first set of parameters at a given point in time during labor that is between a cervical dilatation of 10 cm in the patient and delivery of the child, and wherein the determined present level of risk corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined levels of predicted risk for neurological injury to the child as a neonate; and (III) commencing monitoring the child for one or more postnatal parameters indicative of neurological injury or its onset within the first 5 minutes following delivery of the child, and/or performing one or more measures for treating the child for neurological injury or its onset within the first 60 minutes following delivery of the child.

A seizure detection system including one or more circuits, the one or more circuits configured to receive an electroencephalogram (EEG) signal generated based on electrical brain activity of a patient and determine different types of metrics based on the EEG signal, the different types of metrics indicating non-linear features of the EEG signal. The one or more circuits are configured to determine whether one or more of the different types of metrics exhibit changes over time that meet a predefined level of statistical significance, generate a user interface, the user interface including a real-time trend of the EEG signal and the one or more of the different types of metrics, and cause a user interface device to display the user interface.

Various embodiments of a method and a device for monitoring the health of an infant are disclosed. A wearable infant monitoring device comprising a sensing module 170 comprising: a heart rate sensor 150 configured to provide output data corresponding to heart rate of the infant wearing the infant monitoring device; a microcontroller 100 configured to receive and transmit output data; a vibration motor 140 configured to vibrate whenever the heart rate of the infant falls below a customized range; a BLE module 110 in operational unity with the microcontroller that transmits heart rate data to a user on an individual computing device application 120; a computer device application configured to receive and process the output data and generate the infant's heart rate. A method of monitoring an infant's heart rate using the wearable heart rate monitoring device comprising the heart rate sensor 150 collecting output data, wherein the output data provides information about the infant's heart rate; the microcontroller 100 receiving and transmitting the output data to the BLE module; the BLE module 110 transmitting the output data directly to a user computing device application, which computing device application processes the output data and generates the infant heart rate.