摘要 |
An incubator has a bed portion (100, figure 2) and a collapsible hood 1 that sits on top of the bed. The hood is a framework of inflatable tubes 3 with plastic sheets 2 stretched between them. The tubes can be deflated to collapse the hood (figure 2) and may incorporate elastic restoring elements. An array of small holes in the tubes feed conditioned air 17 into the incubator. An end face of the hood may be open to abut a wall (8, figure 2) extending vertically upwards from the bed portion. A window element (10, figure 4) may be incorporated into a side face of the hood, having a further inflatable tube (11, figure 4) around its periphery. The window is closed by inflating the tubular element and opened by deflating it; a friction fit seals the window element against the adjacent face of the hood (2, figure 4). |