An infant care apparatus cooler facilitates the cooling of components with elevated temperatures such as a convective heater in an infant care apparatus. The infant care apparatus includes an energy storage device and a fan. In the presence of an external source of power, the fan operates to circulate air to be heated by the heating coil and in the absence of external power, the fan is operable with energization from the energy storage device to circulate air past the heating coil, cooling the heating coil.

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.

An incubator is provided that prevents damage to the arm of an operator when an arm abuts against the upper end segment of a baby guard relatively hard while inserting the arm into an infant accommodation space. The walls of the baby guards around the infant accommodation space have bent segments that are sufficiently strong to serve as a guard structure on the periphery of the infant accommodation space. Each of the bent segments in the upper end segments of the walls includes an inclined segment and a substantially horizontal segment integrally connected to a distal end of the inclined segment. At least some of the walls can pivot between upward and downward positions, thereby closing or revealing cassette trays.

A transport incubator comprising a support structure comprising a base, provided with at least one first guide, a housing structure, coupled with said supporting structure, comprising a first portion having at least one first side panel slidably coupled with said first guide of said base, and a second portion, laterally delimited by at least one first side wall, on which at least said first panel of said first portion slides.

A system configured to support growth and development of a premature fetus is disclosed. Specifically, a method and apparatus configured to provide extracorporeal support for premature fetuses is disclosed.

The invention relates to an incubator with a thermoregulating arrangement for newborns suffering lrom pathologies, comprising a closed compartment consisting of a horizontal partition that separates an upper part from a lower part, wherein the upper part has receiving and housing elements for the newborn, while the lower part has respective means and elements for thermoregulation, measurement, etc., which allow the production of air flows that maintain environmental conditions according to the newborn's needs.

A portable infant incubator is provided. The incubator has a foldable circumferential wall connected to a base. The foldable circumferential wall has a first configuration folded on a top surface of the base and a second configuration standing from the top surface of the base. A cover is operatively connected to the wall when wall is in the second configuration, to provide a substantially enclosed space with the wall and the top surface of the base. An environmental control device is provided to maintain a predetermined temperature and humidity within the enclosed space. A sensor is provided to acquire environmental data and providing the data to the environmental control device.

A system configured to support growth and development of a premature fetus is disclosed. Specifically, a method and apparatus configured to provide extracorporeal support for premature fetuses is disclosed.

A pediatric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a magnet (9), an isolette (14) including a patient section for accommodating a patient, the isolette positionable relative to the magnet; and a radio frequency (RF) array (10) positionable within the patient section of the isolette (14). The RF array (10) includes a plurality of coils configured for simultaneous imaging of different portions of a patient, the plurality of coils being distinct from one another.

An apparatus and method of controlling a temperature within an isolette includes obtaining a temperature of ambient air external to the isolette, obtaining a base-line ambient air temperature, and calculating a maximum heater power level based on a relationship between the base-line ambient air temperature and the actual ambient air temperature.