Infant Carrier

An apparatus to carry an infant against a chest of a person, the apparatus comprising:

• a flexible wrapping member comprising a free side edge and a plurality of sections that extend from the free side edge, wherein the plurality of sections adapted for wrapping around a torso of the person, wherein the plurality of sections comprise a front panel and a back section that extends from the front panel, wherein the front panel comprises a top terminal edge, a bottom terminal edge and an interior surface and wherein the front panel has a width from the top terminal edge to the bottom terminal edge;
• a reversible attachment element comprising first and second mating parts to hold, when mated, the wrapping member around the torso when the member is wrapped around the torso, such that the bottom terminal edge of the front panel is held snugly against the torso, wherein the first part of the attachment element is located along the width of the front panel, and wherein the second part of the attachment element is located along the back section of the wrapping member;
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• an inner seat attached to the interior surface of the front panel, wherein the inner seat is located to hold the infant against the chest of the person, when the member is wrapped around the torso and the first and second parts of the attachment element are mated together.

A method to simultaneously carry and incubate a prematurely born infant, the method comprising:

• placing the infant in a first infant seat that is attached to a central panel of an infant carrier, wherein the infant carrier further comprises a first side panel and a second side panel that are both attached to the central panel, wherein the first side panel and the second side panel each have an aperture formed therein;
• positioning the infant carrier so that the first infant seat is adjacent to a chest of the person;
• extending one of the person's arms through each of the apertures;
• securing the first side panel to the second side panel with a fastening mechanism attached to at least one of the first side panel and the second side panel to hold the infant against the chest of the person so that the person may carry and incubate the infant.