Is Isolette and Incubator the Same?

As nouns the difference between incubator and isolette
is that incubator is (chemistry) any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction while isolette is an incubator for a new-born baby.

What does Isolette mean?

[ ahy-suh-let ] SHOW IPA. / ˌaɪ səˈlɛt / PHONETIC RESPELLING. Trademark. a brand of incubator for premature or other newborn infants, providing controlled temperature, humidity, and oxygen levels and having armholes through which the infant can be reached with minimum disturbance to the controlled environment.

How does an isolette work?

To simulate that environment when they are birthed, they are put into an infant warmer. ... The infant warmer simulates the heat a mother would give to her baby, to make the baby feel safe, and encourage bodily functions amongst homeostasis.

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