Patent ID: 6926664

Claim:
A hoodless incubator, comprising: a bed having a bed surface with a peripheral edge; an air jet unit arranged above the bed and directed toward the bed, said air jet unit discharging a jacketed impinging jet, comprising an inner, air-conditioned core jet and a non-air-conditioned jacket jet jacketing the core jet; a fan; a heating and humidifying device; a channel-like edge area defining an air intake extending annularly about said peripheral edge of said bed and surrounding said bed at said bed surface; and a feed channel, said fan being arranged in said feed channel and said heating and humidifying device being arranged in said feed channel, said channel-like edge area being in flow connection via said feed channel with said air jet unit in order to form said air-conditioned core jet, said feed channel said bed and said air jet unit being disposed relative to each other to provide an access space continuing uninterrupted from said air jet unit to a surface of said bed on at least one side of said bed.