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Infant Sleep Environment

Technology

The Inventor Dr. Jennifer Doering, a registered nurse, has invented a sleeping environment system designed to control risk of death from overlay, suffocation, and entrapment through passive and active protections. Dr. Doering and her colleagues have combined their expertise in nursing science, ergonomics, and electronics to take a unique approach toward creating an infant sleep environment that minimizes both the physical threats to the infant’s safety and the barriers between parent and infant.

Existing products do not adequately protect the infant’s air space. No products alert parents to unsafe sleep events. Both mechanical and electronic safety features are integrated into the design to address parents’ safety concerns. Parents can sleep peacefully knowing the sleep pod will alarm and wake them if an unsafe sleep event occurs. The interior of the pod meets the American Academy of Pediatrics criteria for a safe sleeping environment by providing a firm, flat, proximate, yet separate and dedicated sleep space.

Features/Benefits

Passive Protections

Bridge structure protects air space over head and torso.
Directional (narrower at feet) encourages correct placement in Pod to maximize protections.
Seed shape will tend to right itself naturally.
Portability to protect infant in many environments.

Active Protections

Alerting gives parents means of protecting child from dangers while asleep or in another room.
Detects the tilt beyond set threshold, and overlay of blankets, pillows, or a person.
Early warning system, Pod alerts before it falls off the bed.