There are a number of Indian and foreign incubators that are now available in India. Still, I feel that there is a need for a redesign. Initially, let us try to understand what an incubator is and why it is used in the case of a premature baby. As the name suggests, an incubator is essentially a space enclosed with the facility of maintaining the desired artificial environment inside that enclosure.

A premature baby incubator artificially maintains womb temperature and provides safety from infection to a prematurely born infant. In the last few years, manufacturers in foreign countries have produced more and more sophisticated and advanced products, but in India, the first incubator was produced about five years ago, and all other Indian manufacturers copied the same design. There is no further development that has been done, nor has a study been done on an incubator to make it most suitable for the Indian climate and situation. This incubator at present costs a lot and is beyond the reach of the majority of hospitals. Recently, Dr. S.N. Deshpande, a civil surgeon from Kolhapur, studied this problem and developed an economical incubator.