Dräger 8000 NC - Description.49; Design.49

Description
Design
Description
Design
The heated and humidified air flows over the entire front
face into the canopy. It is channelled over the front door,
along the roof of the canopy and then drawn down past
the back wall by means of an extraction system.
The baby lies in a still area with very little air flow. Heat
loss is minimal.
When the hand ports are open, there is still an effective
hot air curtain which minimises cooling inside the
incubator.
The mattress is made of soft foam plastic encased in film,
which gives a very low heat loss.
Humidity
The incubator air is humidified hygienically by the
evaporation of water from a water supply.
Humidity can be set manually according to a 1 to 10
scale. Humidity control off = 0.
Safety features
When it is switched on, the incubator carries out a self¬
test to check all memories in the microprocessor control
system and to establish that the various program
segments are running correctly.
Actuators, acknowledgement signals and displays are
switched on and then off to check that they are
functioning correctly. This test is also repeated every
10 minutes during operation. All modules installed in the
incubator are tested. An Error message may be given for
a faulty module, even if it is switched off.
The heating is switched off if operating conditions are
outside permitted limits.
An additional cooling fan provides effective cooling as
soon as the actual value of the air temperature exceeds
the set value.
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