Incubators also maintain other environmental conditions such as carbon dioxide or oxygen. Incubators are widely used in the fields of micro biology or cell biology. They used to culture bacterial cells as well as eukaryotic cells.

The simplest structure of an incubator box is with an adjustable heater which usually goes upto 60 degree centigrade. Those incubators which are used for bacterial and mammalian cells are usually provided with the temperature of 37 degree centigrade, as these organisms grow under these conditions. More features of incubators are to control humidity and the carbon dioxide as well oxygen levels.

 

 

An incubator for maintaining a warm environment for infants includes a considerable elongated resting bed which is surrounded by the type of glass. One side of the incubator has closable access openings. An air supply and taking air away supplies are provided within the box through the peripheral region of the resting bed. Radiations of different intensities are provided to the infants for treatment of various kinds of bacterial and viral diseases.

Incubators are often used in the neonatal intensive care units to treat children who are required such kind of treatment.

 

 

Infants are more sensitive for the environment and that is the reason incubator with the desired environment of oxygen, carbon dioxide, heat and humidity can be used to cure them along with medications and heat radiations.

If your baby is found to have such disease and needs proper treatment, incubators can be the choice if doctors are recommending it. The incubators can provided at home along with nurse to carefully look at children but clinics are best places for such treatment. Infants are kept under incubator for 24 hours or more depending on the condition of children. Often ultraviolet rays or different other radiations are provided to the children in jaundice cases, while, other radiations are used for other diseases.