Patent ID: 7278962

Claim:
A newborn and premature patient incubator for use in a magnetic field generated by medical imaging equipment, said incubator comprising: a patient-receiving enclosure partially defined by a movable hood; an air delivery unit including a heating/humidifying device and an electric motor to circulate air through the patient receiving enclosure; a control unit including a sensing device arranged to measure air temperature and humidity in said patient-receiving enclosure, said control unit operatively connected to said air delivery unit; a control panel operatively connected to said control unit permitting the selection of a temperature and humidity to be maintained in said patient-receiving enclosure by said control unit and air delivery unit; and a shielding body of soft magnetic material surrounding and spaced apart from said electric motor to define a dielectric gap between said motor and said shielding body, wherein said air delivery unit, control unit and control panel are arranged integrally on the incubator and the incubator can be placed in the magnetic field of the medical imaging equipment.