Abstract: The garment is intended for an infant and especially a newborn infant and surrounds at least the trunk. Its inside is made of material tolerated by the skin and is impermeable to water vapor, at least from the inside outwards. The garment leaves the child's face free and, in those regions where a point on or part of the body remains open, has sealing means to seal the garment against the body. The garment is heat-insulating and intended for use inside and outside the incubator. One embodiment includes a climate controlled infant suit for independently regulating the climate (such as temperature, humidity and the like) associated with an infant's head and/or body.

Abstract: A system for monitoring the birth of a child, e.g. to allow immediate response to a blood circulation failure or metabolic distress symptom, comprises a support member on which is mounted an intrusive ekg measuring electrode and heat-flow detector. The heat-flow detector responds to the thermal flux at the head or other body portion of the infant and produces a signal which can be compared with a set point value.

Abstract: A device for supporting human breathing and artificial respiration particularly for newborn infants by supplying breathing gas to the trachea of the infant comprises a trachea tube which is adapted to be connected into the trachea of the infant and which is connected at its opposite end to a tubular member which defines a pressure chamber therein. The tubular member is opened at its outer end and the pressure inside the tubular member is regulated by directing a jet of breathing gas directly into the pressure chamber within the member in accordance with the pressure condition monitored in the trachea tube. One or more of the gas jets may terminate in the pressure chamber preferably in a direction transverse to the flow passage therethrough from the opening to the trachea tube. The jets may also be used to aspirate moisture into the tube for delivery with the breathing gas to the trachea.