Thermotherapy device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10071008-B2
Application number	US-201314428146-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2013
Priority date	Sep 14, 2012
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

A thermotherapy device (incubator) includes a lying surface bordered by side walls with a side wall part suspended via a hinge allowing downward pivoting with a lock for an upright closed position. The locking mechanism has a closing projection that can enter an open side receptacle, with guide curve, to lock the side wall part in the upright closed position on a stationary structure of the heat therapy device. The closing projection or the receptacle is suspended so as to be linearly movable in the direction of connection lines thereof to the pivot axis of the hinge, such that the closing projection can be moved to a position in front of the open side of the receptacle. A preloading apparatus ensures that the closing projection and the receptacle are pressed together in form-closed engagement when the closing projection and the open side of the receptacle are oriented toward each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A thermotherapy device comprising:
a reclining surface;
side walls, bordering the reclining surface, the reclining surface being configured for receiving a newborn baby, wherein the sidewalls comprise at least one side wall part, the at least one side wall part comprising an upright closed position;
a hinge, the at least one side wall part being suspended with the hinge for pivoting the at least one side wall part downward about a pivot axis; and
a releasable locking mechanism configured to lock the side wall part in the upright closed position, said locking mechanism comprising a closing projection, a complementarily shaped receptacle, which is open on one side, and a guide curve, wherein the closing projection enters the receptacle through the open side of the receptacle for positive-locking meshing to lock the side wall part in the upright closed position on a stationary structure of the thermotherapy device, one of the closing projection and the receptacle being suspended linearly movably in a direction of the pivot axis of the hinge into a position in front of the open side of the receptacle, and
a prestressing device pressing, with the closing projection and the open side of the receptacle oriented towards one another, the closing projection and the receptacle together into a positive-locking meshing with one another.

2. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the locking mechanism has a lever, which acts on a movable component of the closing projection and receptacle during actuation to release the positive-locking meshing of the closing projection and receptacle, wherein the side wall part is pivoted downward upon release of the positive-locking meshing of the closing projection and receptacle.

3. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the closing projection is suspended linearly movably on the side wall part and the receptacle is arranged stationarily on the stationary structure of the thermotherapy device.

4. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the receptacle is upwardly open, the guide curve pressing the closing projection upwardly against a force of the prestressing device before the receptacle is reached, and the prestressing device being configured to press the closing projection downwardly into the receptacle upon the closing projection reaching the upwardly open receptacle.

5. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the receptacle is downwardly open, the guide curve pressing the closing projection downward against a force of the prestressing device before the receptacle is reached, and the prestressing device being configured to press the closing projection upward into the receptacle upon the closing projection reaching the receptacle.

6. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the closing projection is arranged rigidly on the side wall part and the receptacle is arranged linearly movably on the stationary structure of the thermotherapy device.

7. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the receptacle is upwardly open, the guide curve pressing the receptacle downward against a force of the prestressing device before the closing projection reaches the guide curve, and the prestressing device being configured to press the receptacle upward to mesh with the closing projection upon the closing projection reaching the receptacle.

8. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the receptacle is downwardly open, the guide curve pressing the receptacle, before the closing projection reaches the receptacle, upwardly against a force of the prestressing device, and the prestressing device pressing the receptacle, before the closing projection reaches the receptacle, downwardly against the closing projection.

9. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the receptacle is suspended linearly movably on the side wall part and the closing projection is arranged rigidly on the stationary structure of the thermotherapy device.

10. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the receptacle is upwardly open, the guide curve presses the receptacle against a force of the prestressing device before the closing projection is reached, and the prestressing device being configured to press the receptacle upwardly against the closing projection upon the receptacle reaching the closing projection.

11. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the receptacle is downwardly open, the guide curve pressing the receptacle upwardly against a force of the prestressing device before the closing projection is reached, and the prestressing device being configured to press the receptacle downwardly against the closing projection upon the receptacle reaching the closing projection.

12. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the receptacle is arranged rigidly on the side wall part and the closing projection is arranged linearly movably on the stationary structure of the thermotherapy device.

13. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the receptacle is upwardly open, the guide curve pressing the closing projection, before the receptacle reaches the closing projection, upwardly against a force of the prestressing device, and the prestressing device being configured to press the closing projection downwardly into the receptacle upon the receptacle reaching the closing projection.

14. The thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the receptacle is downwardly open, the guide curve pressing the closing projection, before the receptacle reaches the closing projection, downwardly against a force of the prestressing device, and the prestressing device being configured to press the closing projection upwardly into the receptacle upon the receptacle reaches the closing projection.

Assignees

• Draeger Medical Gmbh
• Draegerwerk Ag & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Koch Jochim
• Hampe Markus
• Kohnke Claudia

Classifications

• A61G11/006 Primary

  by pivoting · CPC title

• A61F7/00

  Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body (hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound A61N) · CPC title

• A61G7/051

  pivoting sideward · CPC title