An incubator includes: a transparent hood, covering an accommodating space configured to accommodate a baby; an illumination light source, disposed so as to avoid disturbing observation of the baby through the transparent hood, and an emitting member, fixed to the transparent hood, and configured to emit light from the illumination light source, so as to illuminate the accommodating space.

A neonatal incubator system includes a platform for supporting a neonate, a canopy defining an area above the platform, the canopy having at least two vertical walls extending generally perpendicularly with respect to the platform and a hood that extends above the platform. An x-ray viewing panel is provided on the hood of the canopy, wherein the x-ray viewing panel is illuminable to view x-ray film, and a light source that illuminates the x-ray viewing panel.

An infant care system creates a microenvironment about an infant patient. An environmental control device is operable to change an environmental condition within the microenvironment. An auxiliary sensor is operable to intermittently obtain auxiliary data. A processor operates the environmental control device based upon at least the intermittently obtained auxiliary data.

An incubator 1 includes: a transparent hood 3, covering an accommodating space 10 configured to accommodate a baby; an illumination light source 14, disposed so as to avoid disturbing observation of the baby through the transparent hood 3; and an emitting member 13, fixed to the transparent hood 3, and configured to emit light from the illumination light source 14, so as to illuminate the accommodating space 10.