Patent ID: 9056039
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A01N,A61B,A61G,B01L,C12M

Abstract:
1. In an incubator for babies before implantation, wherein a means of patient thermometry detects an actual patient temperature and which said temperature can differ from an ambient temperature of incubation liquid media ventilating the patient, a method of thermoregulation for a human embryo or hatchling within the incubator, comprising steps of: (a) detecting the actual patient temperature and comparing it to a predetermined value for an optimal patient temperature; (b) when the actual patient temperature is lower than the optimal patient temperature, warming the patient by means of thermal controls selected from the group consisting of raising the ambient temperature, decreasing a dissipation of endogenous heat, increasing a radiant heating of the patient, and raising endogenous heat production; and, (c) when the actual patient temperature is higher than the optimal patient temperature, cooling the patient by means of thermal controls selected from the group consisting of lowering the ambient temperature, increasing a dissipation of endogenous heat, decreasing a radiant heating of the patient, and lowering endogenous heat production.