Hypothermia baby bunting

Claim 2

An infant bunting for enclosing the body of an infant and for controlling the body temperature of said infant comprising a flexible enclosure sized to receive said body of said infant, said enclosure having a front portion disposable in register with the front of said body of said infant and having a rear portion disposable in register with the rear of said body of said Infant, tubing which is connected to the surface of said front portion of said enclosure in a pattern distributing said tubing over substantially the entire surface of said front portion of said enclosure that contacts said front of said infant''s body and which confines and guides heat-exchanging fluid for movement in heat-exchanging relation with respect to said front of said infant''s body, further tubing connected to the surface of said rear portion of said enclosure in a pattern distributing said further tubing over substantially the entire surface of said rear portion of said enclosure that contacts said rear of said infant''s body and which confines and guides heat-exchanging fluid for movement in heat-exchanging relation with respect to said rear of said infant''s body, means to control the temperature of said heat-exchanging fluid moving through the first said tubing and also through said further tubing, releasable fastener means on said front portion of said enclosure which are spaced inwardly from edges of said front portion of said enclosure, and complementary releasable fastener means on said rear portion of said enclosure which are spaced inwardly from edges of said rear portion of said enclosure, the first said releasable fastener means being in register with and being selectively securable to and releasable from said complementary releasable fastener means, the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means being releasable from each other to permit a large amount of the area of said front portion of said enclosure to be moved far enough away from a corresponding amount of the area of said rear portion of said enclosure to enable said bunting to accommodate but confine the body of a large infant, the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means being securable together to join said front portion of said enclosure to said rear portion of said enclosure at points which are spaced inwardly of said edges of said front portion and of said rear portion of said enclosure, and thereby reduce the amount of area of said front portion of said enclosure which can be moved far enough away from a corresponding amount of the area of said rear portion of said enclosure to accommodate but confine the body of a smaller infant, whereby selective securing or releasing of the first said releasable fastener means and of said complementary releasable fastener means readily and directly varies the effective size of said bunting for conformance of said bunting to the bodies of infants of varying sizes.

Claim 3

An infant bunting for enclosing the body of an infant and for controlling the body temperature of said infant comprising a flexible enclosure sized to receive said body of said infant, said enclosure having a front portion disposable in register with the front of said body of said infant and having a rear portion disposable in register with the rear of said body of said Infant, tubing which is connected to the surface of said front portion of said enclosure in a pattern distributing said tubing over substantially the entire surface of said front portion of said enclosure that contacts said front of said infant''s body and which confines and guides heat-exchanging fluid for movement in heat-exchanging relation with respect to said front of said infant''s body, further tubing connected to the surface of said rear portion of said enclosure in a pattern distributing said further tubing over substantially the entire surface of said rear portion of said enclosure that contacts said rear of said infant''s body and which confines and guides heat-exchanging fluid for movement in heat-exchanging relation with respect to said rear of said infant''s body, means to control the temperature of said heat-exchanging fluid moving through the first said tubing and also through said further tubing, releasable fastener means on said front portion of said enclosure which are spaced inwardly from edges of said front portion of said enclosure, and complementary releasable fastener means on said rear portion of said enclosure which are spaced inwardly from edges of said rear portion of said enclosure, the first said releasable fastener means being in register with and being selectively securable to and releasable from said complementary releasable fastener means, the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means being releasable from each other to permit a large amount of the area of said front portion of said enclosure to be moved far enough away from a corresponding amount of the area of said rear portion of said enclosure to enable said bunting to accommodate but confine the body of a large infant, the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means being securable together to join said front portion of said enclosure to said rear portion of said enclosure at points which are spaced inwardly of said edges of said front portion and of said rear portion of said enclosure, and thereby reduce the amount of area of said front portion of said enclosure which can be moved far enough away from a corresponding amount of the area of said rear portion of said enclosure to accommodate but confine the body of a smaller infant, whereby selective securing or releasing of the first said releasable fastener means and of said complementary releasable fastener means readily and directly varies the effective size of said bunting for conformance of said bunting to the bodies of infants of varying sizes.

Claim 4

An infant bunting for enclosing the body of an infant and for controlling the body temperature of said infant comprising a flexible enclosure sized to receive said body of said infant, said enclosure having a front portion disposable in register with the front of said body of said infant and having a rear portion disposable in register with the rear of said body of said Infant, tubing which is connected to the surface of said front portion of said enclosure in a pattern distributing said tubing over substantially the entire surface of said front portion of said enclosure that contacts said front of said infant''s body and which confines and guides heat-exchanging fluid for movement in heat-exchanging relation with respect to said front of said infant''s body, further tubing connected to the surface of said rear portion of said enclosure in a pattern distributing said further tubing over substantially the entire surface of said rear portion of said enclosure that contacts said rear of said infant''s body and which confines and guides heat-exchanging fluid for movement in heat-exchanging relation with respect to said rear of said infant''s body, means to control the temperature of said heat-exchanging fluid moving through the first said tubing and also through said further tubing, releasable fastener means on said front portion of said enclosure which are spaced inwardly from edges of said front portion of said enclosure, and complementary releasable fastener means on said rear portion of said enclosure which are spaced inwardly from edges of said rear portion of said enclosure, the first said releasable fastener means being in register with and being selectively securable to and releasable from said complementary releasable fastener means, the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means being releasable from each other to permit a large amount of the area of said front portion of said enclosure to be moved far enough away from a corresponding amount of the area of said rear portion of said enclosure to enable said bunting to accommodate but confine the body of a large infant, the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means being securable together to join said front portion of said enclosure to said rear portion of said enclosure at points which are spaced inwardly of said edges of said front portion and of said rear portion of said enclosure, and thereby reduce the amount of area of said front portion of said enclosure which can be moved far enough away from a corresponding amount of the area of said rear portion of said enclosure to accommodate but confine the body of a smaller infant, whereby selective securing or releasing of the first said releasable fastener means and of said complementary releasable fastener means readily and directly varies the effective size of said bunting for conformance of said bunting to the bodies of infants of varying sizes.

Claim 5

The infant bunting of claim 1 wherein said front portion of said enclosure is a front panel, wherein said rear portion of said enclosure is a rear panel, wherein the first said releasable fastener means are individual and discrete fasteners longitudinally aligned and spaced inwardly from the side edges of said front panel and are further individual and discrete fasteners laterally aligned and spaced upwardly from the lower edge of said front panel, wherein said complementary releasable fastener means are individual and discrete fasteners longitudinally aligned and spaced inwardly from the side edges of said rear panel and are further individual and discrete fasteners laterally aligned and spaced upwardly from the lower edge of said rear panel, whereby the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means coact to permit said effective size of said bunting to be adjusted longitudinally as well as laterally.

Claim 6

The infant bunting of claim 1 wherein said front portion of said enclosure is made of stretch fabric that is stretchable in at least the lateral direction, wherein said rear portion of said enclosure is made of stretch fabric that is stretchable in at least the lateral direction, wherein the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means coact to provide a coarse size adjustment in the lateral direction, and wherein the stretchable nature of said stretch fabric of said front portion and of said rear portion of said enclosure enable said front portion and said rear portion of said enclosure to provide a fine size adjustment in the lateral direction.

Claim 7

The infant bunting of claim 1 wherein the first said tubing is fluid conveying tubing, wherein said further tubing is fluid conveying tubing, wherein the first said tubing comprises a plurality of individual tubes each having a supply span and a return span, wherein the tube spans of the first said tubing are located with supply spans alternating with return spans for uniform temperature distribution over the surface of said front portion of said enclosure, wherein said further tubing comprises a further plurality of individual tubes each having a supply span and a return span, wherein the tube spans of said further tubing are located with supply spans alternating with return spans for uniform temperature distribution over the surface of said rear portion of said enclosure, wherein supply manifold means supply fluid to said supply spans of the first said and said further tubing, and wherein return manifold means receive fluid from said return spans of the first said and said further tubing.

Claim 8

The infant bunting of claim 1 wherein said front portion of said enclosure is a front panel, wherein said rear portion of said enclosure is a rear panel, wherein the first said releasable fastener means are individual and discrete fasteners, wherein said complementary releasable fastener means are further individual and discrete fasteners, wherein a pressure-distribution liner is releasably fastened to said rear panel, wherein said pressure-distribution liner overlies said further tubing and can distribute evenly to said body of said infant the forces which said further tubing otherwise would distribute unevenly to said body of said infant, and wherein said pressure-distribution liner has openings therein in register with the first said and said further releasable fastener means to enable the first said and said further releasable fastener means to engage each other through said openings.

Claim 9

An infant bunting for controlling body temperature comprising front and rear panels joined at their side and bottom edges to form a pocket open at its upper end to receive the body of an infant, a plurality of small-diameter tubes fastened in a substantially uniformly spaced array to a surface of said front panel, a second plurality of small-diameter tubes fastened in a substantially uniformly spaced array to a surface of said rear panel, each tube of the first said plurality of small-diameter tubes having a supply span for receiving temperature-controlled fluid and a return span for returning said temperature-controlled fluid after said temperature-controlled fluid has been in heat-exchanging relation with said body of said infant, each tube of said second plurality of small-diameter tubes having a supply span for receiving temperature-controlled fluid and a return span for returning said temperature-controlled fluid after said temperature-controlled fluid has been in heat-exchanging relation with said body of said infant, distributor means to receive said temperature-controlled fluid from a source of temperature-controlled fluid and to supply said temperature-controlled fluid to said supply spans of said tubes of the first said plurality of small-diameter tubes and to supply said temperature-controlled fluid to said supply spans of said tubes of said second plurality of small-diameter tubes and thereby enable the first said plurality and said second plurality of small-diameter tubes to circulate temperature-controlled fluid in heat-exchanging relation with said body of said infant, further distributor means connected to said return spans of said tubes of the first said plurality of small-diameter tubes and to said return spans of said tubes of said second plurality of small-diameter tubes to receive said temperature-controlled fluid from said tubes of the first said plurality and said second plurality of small-diameter tubes after said temperature-controlled fluid has been in heat-exchanging relation with said body of said infant and to return said temperature-controlled fluid to said source of temperature-controlled fluid, releasable fastener means on said front panel that are distributed longitudinally and laterally of said front panel, complementary releasable fastener means on said rear panel that are distributed longitudinally and laterally on said rear panel, the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means being releasable to permit large amounts of the contronting areas of said front panel and of said rear panel to be moved apart to accommodate the body of a large infant, some of the longitudinally-distributed releasable fastener means of the first said releasable fastener means and some of the longitudinally-distributed releasable fastener means of said complementary releasable fastener means being securable together to reduce the amounts of said confronting areas of said front and said rear panels which can be moved apart to accommodate the body of an infant and thereby enable said bunting to accommodate and closely confine the body of an infant of smaller girth, some of the laterally-distributed releasable fastener means of the first said releasable fastener means and some of the laterally-distributed releasable fastener means of said complementary releasable fastener means being securable together to reduce the amounts of said confronting areas of said front and said rear panels which can be moved apart to accommodate the body of an infant and thereby enable said bunting to accommodate and closely confine the body of an infant of shorter height, whereby the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means enable said bunting to accommodate and closely confine the bodies of infants of differing girths and differing heights.

Claim 10

An infant bunting for controlling body temperature comprising front and rear panels joined at their side and bottom edges to form a pocket open at its upper end to receive the body of an infant, a plurality of small-diameter tubes fastened in a substantially uniformly spaced array to a surface of said front panel, a second plurality of small-diameter tubes fastened in a substantially uniformly spaced array to a surface of said rear panel, each tube of the first said plurality of small-diameter tubes having a supply span for receiving temperature-controlled fluid and a return span for returning said temperature-controlled fluid after said temperature-controlled fluid has been in heat-exchanging relation with said body of said infant, each tube of said second plurality of small-diameter tubes having a supply span for receiving temperature-controlled fluid and a return span for returning said temperature-controlled fluid after said temperature-controlled fluid has been in heat-exchanging relation with said body of said infant, distributor means to receive said temperature-controlled fluid from a source of temperature-controlled fluid and to supply said temperature-controlled fluid to said supply spans of said tubes of the first said plurality of small-diameter tubes and to supply said temperature-controlled fluid to said supply spans of said tubes of said second plurality of small-diameter tubes and thereby enable the first said plurality and said second plurality of small-diameter tubes to circulate temperature-controlled fluid in heat-exchanging relation with said body of said infant, further distributor means connected to said return spans of said tubes of the first said plurality of small-diameter tubes and to said return spans of said tubes of said second plurality of small-diameter tubes to receive said temperature-controlled fluid from said tubes of the first said plurality and said second plurality of small-diameter tubes after said temperature-controlled fluid has been in heat-exchanging relation with said body of said infant and to return said temperature-controlled fluid to said source of temperature-controlled fluid, releasable fastener means on said front panel that are distributed longitudinally and laterally of said front panel, complementary releasable fastener means on said rear panel that are distributed longitudinally and laterally on said rear panel, the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means being releasable to permit large amounts of the contronting areas of said front panel and of said rear panel to be moved apart to accommodate the body of a large infant, some of the longitudinally-distributed releasable fastener means of the first said releasable fastener means and some of the longitudinally-distributed releasable fastener means of said complementary releasable fastener means being securable together to reduce the amounts of said confronting areas of said front and said rear panels which can be moved apart to accommodate the body of an infant and thereby enable said bunting to accommodate and closely confine the body of an infant of smaller girth, some of the laterally-distributed releasable fastener means of the first said releasable fastener means and some of the laterally-distributed releasable fastener means of said complementary releasable fastener means being securable together to reduce the amounts of said confronting areas of said front and said rear panels which can be moved apart to accommodate the body of an infant and thereby enable said bunting to accommodate and closely confine the body of an infant of shorter height, whereby the first said releasable fastener means and said complementary releasable fastener means enable said bunting to accommodate and closely confine the bodies of infants of differing girths and differing heights.

Claim 11

The infant bunting of claim 1 wherein zippers selectively connect and free the edges of openings in said enclosure, wherein said zippers have electrostatically conductive zipper bindings, wherein said enclosure has electrostatically conductive cloth strips, and wherein said electrostatically conductive zipper bindings and said electrostatically conductive cloth strips are in communication electrostatically with a central conductive tab to permit grounding of the bunting to the operating table by placing said central conductive tab in engagement with said operating table.

Claim 12

The infant bunting of claim 1 wherein said front portion of said enclosure is subdivided into two sides, wherein each of said two sides is selectively movable to an open position wherein it is spaced away from the corresponding side of the front of the body of an infant disposed within said enclosure to permit medical procedures to be carried out on said corresponding side of said front of said body of said infant, wherein each of said two sides is selectively movable to a closed position wherein it is in intimate contact with the corresponding side of said front of said body of said infant, and wherein adjustable releasable circumferential fastener tabs span the opened side of said bunting during medical procedures thereby maintaining the closed side of the bunting in intimate contact with the corresponding side of said front of said body of said infant.