Inventors:
Deborah Donahue - West Newton MA
International Classification:
A61B 1900
A61F 537
Abstract:
A device sized and shaped to comfortably restrain and support a premature infant on his side. The device has a toroidal perimeter wall defining a central cavity, open at the top and bottom and sized and shaped to enclose the infant in side-lying position. The wall has a head-support portion sized to support the infant's head and neck, a foot-brace portion spaced from the head-support portion, and a back-support portion connecting the foot-brace portion and the head-support portion. The back-support portion is curved to support the infant's spine, and it is sized to maintain a spacing between the head-support portion and the foot-brace portion less than the infant's length. Therefore, the sidelying infant's feet are braced or supported by the foot-brace portion with his hips and knees flexed, with his spine and neck curved, and with his head supported by the head-support portion.