Drãgerwerk Ag & Co, Kgaa

Drager Medical Gmbh

Philip Möhring

Jochim Koch

Markus Hampe

Harald Kneuer

Andreas Nandzik

Tjeerd Jan Pieter Gerbranda

Thomas Bohnen

Anja Wilden

A thermotherapy device (), for new-born and premature babies, has a bed substructure () and an incubator chamber () with a positioning aid () in the incubator chamber (). The positioning aid () is a flexible sheet fixed to a holding structure (). The positioning aid () can be stretched out by the holding structure (). The width to which the positioning aid () can be stretched out is adjustable by adjusting a width of the holding structure (). The positioning aid () can be pulled and/or pivoted out of the incubator chamber () with the aid of the holding structure (). The holding structure () is movably mounted in the bed substructure. The holding structure () has at least two pivotable holding arms (). The two holding arms () form a holding arm pair.

Thermotherapy device for newborn and premature infants

A heat therapy device, in particular an incubator, for treating newborn children, has a bordered lying surface () freely accessible from above for accommodating a newborn child. A hood () can be moved between a closed position in which the bordered lying surface () is covered and an open exposed bordered lying surface position. A radiation heater () is suspended from a support structure () and is directed at the surface (), in such a way that, after the movement from the closed position to the open position, the end () of the hood facing the support structure () lies vertically at least at the height of the radiation heater () and lies horizontally further from the support structure () than the radiation heater, such that the hood () assumes a position outside of a radiation cone () from the radiation heater () onto the lying surface ().

Heat therapy device

A thermotherapy device () includes a basic housing () with walls () with a support for a patient and an especially transparent covering hood () for the basic housing (), which covering hood can be moved between a closed position and an open position, so that the basic housing () is closed by the covering hood () in the closed position. A guide mechanism () is provided for mechanically guiding the motion of the covering hood () between the closed position and open position. A heater such as a convection heater with a blower heats the air and/or an air humidifier humidifies the air. The covering hood () is moved in a simple manner and access to the support for a patient is essentially not hindered by the covering hood () in the open position. The patient is kept warm essentially by a radiant heater when the covering hood () is opened and by the convection heater when the covering hood () is closed. The covering hood () may be irradiated by the radiant heater and protected from condensation. A center of gravity () of the covering hood () lying in its horizontal direction is at the rear fifth of the basic housing () or behind the basic housing () in the open position of the covering hood ().

Thermotherapy device

A thermotherapy device () includes a basic housing () with walls () with a support for a patient and an especially transparent covering hood () for the basic housing (), which covering hood can be moved between a closed position and an open position, so that the basic housing () is closed by the covering hood () in the closed position. A guide mechanism () is provided for mechanically guiding the motion of the covering hood () between the closed position and open position. A heater such as a convection heater with a blower heats the air and/or an air humidifier humidifies the air. The covering hood () is moved in a simple manner and access to the support for a patient is essentially not hindered by the covering hood () in the open position.

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Lübeck, Germany

Philip Möhring