Infant Incubator is a rigid box-like enclosure in which an infant can be kept in a controlled environment for observation and care. The device may include a heater, a fan, a container for water to add humidity, a control valve through which oxygen may be added, and access ports for nursing care.
Incubator provides the newborn the environmental conditions needed to thrive while in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The most obvious function of an infant incubator is to protect infants during the earliest stage of life.
