Patent ID: 8898841

Claim:
An encounter and contact device comprising: an encounter and contact mattress or pillow and a hood, wherein the encounter and contact mattress or pillow comprises at least one base body comprising a cloth or a blanket, the base body comprising a first functional side configured as a support surface for a baby or infant, a second functional side configured as a support for a contact person and disposed opposite from the first functional side, and at least an edge zone region, a transition region, and an encounter region, wherein the edge zone region, the transition region, and the encounter region each extend within a first base body plane of the base body, wherein the transition region completely surrounds the encounter region and extends in the first base body plane laterally from the encounter region and the edge zone region surrounds the transition region and extends in the first base body plane laterally from the transition region, and wherein the encounter region is configured to allow a transfer of at least one of tactile stimuli, acoustic stimuli, and heat through the base body from the first functional side to the second functional side and through the first base body plane such that physical contact between the baby or the infant and the contact person is enabled, wherein the hood is connected to the encounter and contact mattress or pillow and is configured to produce and/or maintain a moist or moist/warm microclimate within a region enclosed by the hood, and wherein at least one through-opening is provided in the encounter region, the at least one through-opening extending through the first base body plane from the first functional side to the second functional side and allowing skin-to-skin contact of skin of the baby or infant on the first functional side and skin of the contact person on the second functional side.