Steven A Miles

US Patent:

54994578, Mar 19, 1996

Filed:

Apr 28, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/431018

Inventors:

Edward B. Weiler - Seattle WA
Jay A. Jones - Mercer Island WA
Joseph P. Stefanile - Issaquah WA
Steven G. Miles - Tacoma WA

Assignee:

Olympic Medical Group - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G01B 702
G01G 1950

US Classification:

33512

Abstract:

A device for measuring the length and weight of an infant. The device includes a tray into which the infant is placed. The tray is located on a scale that is used to determine the infant's weight. A length measuring device is located adjacent the tray and includes a wand that extends into the tray and moves slidably along the length of the tray. An infant is placed within the tray so that the head of the infant is adjacent one end of the tray. The wand then slidably moves toward the infant until it contacts the sole of the infant's foot at which time a length measurement is taken. The length measuring device includes a breakaway switch and a rocker switch that stops the movement of the wand if it contacts the infant or another obstruction. The breakaway switch or rocker switch are triggered when the wand is rotated around an axis of rotation approximately perpendicular to the bottom of the tray or the wand is rotated upwardly from the bottom of the tray around an axis of rotation approximately parallel to the bottom of the tray.

US Patent:

6312453, Nov 6, 2001

Filed:

Jul 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/116827

Inventors:

Joseph P. Stefanile - Issaquah WA
Dale J. Dell'Ario - Shoreline WA
Steven G. Miles - Tacoma WA

Assignee:

Olympic Medical Corp. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

A61F 700

US Classification:

607109

Abstract:

A device for cooling an infant's brain includes a cooling liner that may be sandwiched between an outer padded cap and an inner elastic liner. The device fits closely over the infant's skull and is cooled by a recirculating cooling fluid passing through a serpentine conduit. One application for the device is to cool a newborn infant's brain that has suffered a hypoxic shock.