Heater for an incubator for infants and incubator for infants

An incubator for infants, the incubator comprising:

• a heater comprising:
• a housing structure with an upper housing surface and with a lower housing surface, the upper housing surface and the lower housing surface defining
• a flow space;
• at least one air inlet arranged in the housing structure;
• at least one air outlet arranged in the housing structure;
• at least one fan impeller arranged in the flow space to create an inflowing air stream in the flow space from the at least one air inlet to the at least one fan impeller, the at least one fan impeller also creating an outflowing air stream in the flow space from the at least one fan impeller to the at least one air outlet, the inflowing airstream being separate from said outflowing airstream;
• at least one heating element generating heat;
• and
• at least one heat transfer element arranged to transfer heat generated by the at least one heating element to the flow space, and the heat transfer element is a plate arranged horizontally during operation of the heater, the plate having a flat surface, the at least one heat transfer element having a surface arranged in contact with both the inflowing and outflowing airstreams to transfer the heat generated by the at least one heating element to both the inflowing and outflowing airstreams;
• an incubator chamber, the at least one air inlet and fan impeller being arranged to have the inflowing air stream flow from the incubator chamber through the at least one air inlet and into the flow space, the at least one air outlet and fan impeller being arranged to have the outflowing air stream flow from the flow space through the at least one air outlet and into the incubator chamber;
• and
• a reclining surface.