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A box-like outer enclosure with flat clear rigid plastic walls forms an environmental chamber designed for a high-risk newborn infant. A flexible tubular membrane of clear plastic open at both ends optionally forms an inner enclosure for an infant within the chamber and is attachable at one end to a

A box-like outer enclosure with flat clear rigid plastic walls forms an environmental chamber designed for a high-risk newborn infant. A flexible tubular membrane of clear plastic open at both ends optionally forms an inner enclosure for an infant within the chamber and is attachable at one end to an endwall of the chamber. A flat two-piece clear plastic lid slidable along the top edges of the outer enclosure\s sidewalls provides top access to the chamber at its center and both ends. The lid is held in place without restricting its sliding movement by spring clamps. Legs on the outer enclosure elevate it above a supporting platform and are attachable to such platform. A breathable gas circuit including a heater with a fan forces a variable and humidified mixture of air and oxygen at a controlled temperature and flow rate into the chamber through an endwall intake opening provided with vertically oriented vanes. The gas is discharged from the chamber through an opposite endwall exhaust opening. If the inner membrane enclosure is used, the breathable gas is channeled through it at a laminar flow rate before being discharged into and finally exhausted from the chamber. A lamp within a suction cup attachable to the outer surfaces of the outer enclosure illuminates the chamber at night. Access to the chamber for tubing and monitoring wire leads are provided by small notches in the upper edges of the end walls of the outer enclosures. An infra-red heating light is mounted above the enclosure for heating the outer surface of the inner membrane when the top lid is open.

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A device for maintaining high-risk infants and other medical patients in a controlled environment while at rest and during medical procedures comprising: a thin elongated flexible impervious transparent tubular membrane enclosure means adapted to closely enclose the patient full length while recumbe

A device for maintaining high-risk infants and other medical patients in a controlled environment while at rest and during medical procedures comprising: a thin elongated flexible impervious transparent tubular membrane enclosure means adapted to closely enclose the patient full length while recumbent and being open at its opposite ends, means for connecting one open end of said membrane enclosure means to a source of life-sustaining gas, an infra-red heating means disposed adjacent but in spaced relation to said membrane and being directed toward said membrane so as to be operable to provide radiant heat energy to the interior of said membraNe.