Abstract: A ventilation device installed on an infant incubator having a chamber of an infant, including: an exhaust part including an exhaust connect port connected to the chamber and an exhaust port communicated with the exhaust connect port; an air-supply part including an air-supply connect port connected to the chamber and an intake port of external air communicated with the air-supply connect port; at least one of an exhaust blower and an air-supply blower: the exhaust blower is provided at the exhaust part and generates an air stream flowing from the exhaust connect port toward the exhaust port, and the air-supply blower is provided at the air-supply part and generates an external-air stream flowing from the intake port of the external air toward the air-supply connect port: the air is exhausted from the chamber through the exhaust part, and the external air is supplied into the chamber through the air-supply part.

Abstract: A ventilation device installed on an infant incubator having a chamber of an infant, including: an exhaust part including an exhaust connect port connected to the chamber and an exhaust port communicated with the exhaust connect port; an air-supply part including an air-supply connect port connected to the chamber and an intake port of external air communicated with the air-supply connect port; at least one of an exhaust blower and an air-supply blower: the exhaust blower is provided at the exhaust part and generates an air stream flowing from the exhaust connect port toward the exhaust port, and the air-supply blower is provided at the air-supply part and generates an external-air stream flowing from the intake port of the external air toward the air-supply connect port: the air is exhausted from the chamber through the exhaust part, and the external air is supplied into the chamber through the air-supply part.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oxygen concentration control apparatus for an incubator and an incubator using the same also suitable for continuous use for a long period. A pulse oximeter measures percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) of a newborn accommodated in an incubator, and a control unit obtains fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) used for setting the measured value of the percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) obtained by the pulse oximeter to a predetermined set value. In the measurement of the percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) by the pulse oximeter, it is unnecessary to warm the skin of a region to be measured. Consequently, even if the percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) is measured continuously for a long period, there is low possibility that the accommodated newborn suffers a cold burn.

Abstract: When a temperature in a hood is not a preset temperature, or when the door of the hood is open, the air quantity of a blower is increased by a controller. A time required when a power switch is turned on until the interior of the hood reaches an atmosphere having the preset temperature is short. Even if a treatment for a baby's body in the hood is performed while the door is open, the atmosphere in the hood will not be disturbed easily. A time required when the treatment for the baby's body and the like are ended and the door is closed until the atmosphere in the hood is restored to the initial state is short. Accordingly, a time required when the power switch is turned on until the incubator is ready to use is short, and an adverse influence on the baby's body in the hood is reduced even after the treatment for the baby's body and the like are performed.

Abstract: Since a rest table for a baby's body can be moved between the inside and outside of a hood through the opening portion of the hood, a treatment for the baby's body can be performed after the rest table is pulled out midway to the outside of the hood. Since an air stream flowing downward along the opening portion from its upper portion can be injected, even while the rest table is pulled out midway to the outside of the hood, formation of an air curtain is not interfered with, and the air stream is supplied to the baby's body on the rest table as well. In spite that the treatment for the baby's body can be performed easily, changes in an atmosphere in the hood and in an atmosphere for the baby's body under treatment are small to decrease an adverse influence on the baby's body.