Thermotherapy device
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1. A thermotherapy device which can be operated as an incubator or as an open care unit, the thermotherapy device comprising:
- a care unit with a bed for receiving newborns;
a heat radiation source; and
a hood for closing off the care unit, said hood being located between said bed and said heat radiation source when said thermotherapy device is closed, said hood being at least partially transparent to radiation originating from said heat radiation source with said hood having surface areas with different transparencies to the radiation, wherein said surface areas are divided such that the ratio of said surface areas with higher transparency which are exposed to radiation to surface areas with lower transparency which are exposed to radiation changes during a guided opening of said hood.
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Abstract
A thermotherapy device is operated as an incubator or as an open care unit. The care unit has a bed for receiving newborns, which can be closed with a hood (3). At least one heat radiation source (4) is provided. The hood (3) is located between the bed and the heat radiation source (4) when the thermotherapy device is closed and the hood is at least partially transparent to the radiation originating from the heat radiation source (4). The device allows only a small temperature drop during the transfer from the open mode of operation into the closed mode of operation and vice versa.
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1. A thermotherapy device which can be operated as an incubator or as an open care unit, the thermotherapy device comprising:
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a care unit with a bed for receiving newborns; a heat radiation source; and a hood for closing off the care unit, said hood being located between said bed and said heat radiation source when said thermotherapy device is closed, said hood being at least partially transparent to radiation originating from said heat radiation source with said hood having surface areas with different transparencies to the radiation, wherein said surface areas are divided such that the ratio of said surface areas with higher transparency which are exposed to radiation to surface areas with lower transparency which are exposed to radiation changes during a guided opening of said hood. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A thermotherapy device which can be operated as an incubator or as an open care unit, the thermotherapy device comprising:
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an open care unit with a bed for receiving newborns; a heat radiation source; a hood for closing off the care unit, said hood being located between said bed and said heat radiation source when said hood is closed and said hood being at least partially transparent to the radiation originating from said heat radiation source, said hood having surface areas with different transparencies to the radiation; and radiation output control means changing a generated output of said heat radiation source at a short time interval from the opening or closing of said hood. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A thermotherapy device which can be operated as an incubator or as an open care unit, the thermotherapy device comprising:
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an open care unit with a bed for receiving newborns; a heat radiation source at a fixed location relative to said bed; a hood for closing off the care unit in a closed position; and a support for supporting said hood at a location in an open position, said hood being located between said bed and said heat radiation source in each of said closed position and said open position, said hood having an at least partially transparent surface area region that is at least partially transparent to radiation of said heat radiation source with said surface area region being disposed relative to said heat radiation source so that radiation reaches a region of said bed after passing though said surface area region. - View Dependent Claims (31, 40)
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32. A thermotherapy device which can be operated as an incubator or as an open care unit, the thermotherapy device comprising:
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a bed for receiving newborns; a heat radiation source directing heat radiation toward said bed; a hood movably arranged between a closed position on said bed and an open position spaced from said bed, said hood being arranged between said bed and said heat radiation source in both of said open and closed positions, said hood including a transparent portion for passing the radiation originating from said heat radiation source toward said bed, said hood with said transparent portion closing off said bed; radiation output control means operating said heat radiation source to generate the heat radiation when said hood is in said open and closed position, said radiation output control means operating said heat radiation source to generate less heat radiation when said hood is in said closed position. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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