Patent ID: 7028913

Claim:
A gas-fed incubator with a work space comprising: an inner container a heat-insulating outer housing that surrounds the inner container; a humidifier with at least one controllable heating element for an atmosphere of the inner container in the form of a pan holding a water bath, positioned in the floor area of the inner container; and a door with temperature control that is configured to close the inner container; a door switch positioned with the gas fed incubator such that it detects the opening of the door, a control device electrically connected to the door switch, wherein the control device is configured to control a power supply for the at least one controllable heating element, the control device is configured to increase a duration of heat radiating from the controllable heating element based on a time period that the door is open and a time period between at least the last two door openings, to rapidly increase the humidity.