GE Healthcare
Giraffe Incubator Carestation
TM TM
Creating the Path to Positive Growth and Neurodevelopment
Small but Mighty –
Empowering Babies’
NICU Journey
For every precious baby welcomed into the world, it is
everyone’s mission to send them home as safe, healthy
and fast as possible. At GE Healthcare, it's our job to help
create controlled, protected neonatal environments for
peaceful, fast healing.
GE Healthcare’s GiraffeTM Incubator Carestation is designed to:
• Create a healing environment, combining state-of-the-art technology, innovative
design and exceptional thermal performance to help newborns thrive.
• Promote a healthy, nurturing connection between babies and their families, allowing
parents comfortable, easy access to their babies and family-friendly information
about the babies' progress.
• Offer clinicians enhanced visibility, trending and interaction with their tiniest baby
with integrated features, including the translating and rotating mattress, elevating
base and the optional in-bed scale.
• Provide continuous warmth during transport with the addition of the
Giraffe ShuttleTM
Stepping Stones to The Warming
Babies’ Milestones Touch of Care
Part of GE Healthcare’s renowned Giraffe Family of innovative The Giraffe Incubator Carestation simplifies—and enhances—the care
continuum by offering clinicians the intuitive and reliable neonatal solution
products, the Giraffe Incubator Carestation provides powerful they need, and parents the access and support they want to steer babies
technology to promote the growth and stability of the most toward better health. Features include:
fragile babies, every step of the way. • A
ir boost protects the baby from heat loss when either panel is opened
to support thermal stability.
• Large color display (10.4") and touchscreen user interface helps
clinicians streamline their workflow while monitoring and controlling the
baby’s environment.
• Hands free alarm silence allows clinicians to quickly silence the alarms
while providing care and maintaining a quiet environment
• Patented Baby SusanTM rotating full 360° mattress enhances
productivity by allowing the clinician to easily position the baby for
clinical procedures, optimizing their efforts to get it right the first time
and minimizing unnecessary baby stimulation.
• Pressure diffusing mattress reacts to the impact of the baby’s body,
reducing pressure points while minimizing motion and disruption and
maximizing comfort.
• Connectivity capabilities allow communication with electronic
healthcare records and hospital information systems; it is equipped for
future updates and upgrades.
• Customized screens contribute to the personalized patient- and family-
friendly care environment while providing continued visual monitoring.
Newborns in the NICU need extra special care from clinicians and their
families. The Giraffe Incubator Carestation, advanced neurodevelop-
mentally supportive microenvironment, is specially designed to give
babies the comfort and stability they need to grow, heal and go home
healthy.
Specifications
Dimensions The resolution of scales distributed in the EU region may vary depending on the • Reservoir capacity: 1000 ml
• Maximum height (bed raised): 70 in (178 cm) scale revision: • Servo Control Accuracy: ±10% for settings up to 85%: minimum 75% for
• Minimum height (bed lowered): 60 in (152 cm) • Scales with revision 2.72 only have a resolution option of 10 g. settings >85%
• Footprint: 45 in x 26 in (114 cm x 66 cm) • Scales with revision 2.86 have a resolution of 5 g for weights up to 5 kg and a • Ramp-up time: ≤50 minutes – Time to reach 75% RH with a 39°C control temp
• Weight: 304 lbs. (138 kg) resolution 10 g for weights from 5 kg to 8 kg. from cold start in 25° C, 50% RH room.
• Floor to mattress height: 32 in to 44 in (81 cm to 111 cm) • The resolution on EU scales with software 2.86 and above is not user selectable.
Operating Environment
• Mattress size: 25.5 in x 19.2 in (64.8 cm x 48.8 cm)
Note: For the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association • Temperature: 20° to 30°C
• Drawer size: 19 in x 20 in (48 cm x 50 cm)
(EFTA) member states in Europe, check with your local regulations with respect • Humidity: 5 to 85% RH (non-condensing)
• Drawer depth: 8 in (20 cm)
to the Non-Automated Weighing Instrument (NAWI) directive as to the process • Air Velocity: Up to 0.3 m/sec
Physical Characteristics and frequency for scale calibration. • Water Ingress: IPXO
• Full Color Touch Display: 10.4 inch (26.4 cm) LCD
Servo Oxygen Control Performance Storage/Shipping Information
• Mattress tilt angle: 12° – continuously variable
• Control range: 21% to 65% • Temperature: -25° to 60°C
• Microfilter: 0.5µ – 99.8% efficiency(3M Filtrete™)
• Display range: 16 to 70% • Humidity: ≤85% RH (non-condensing)
• Tubing access ports: 13
• Rise Time: <10 minutes from 5% below set point in Whisper Quiet Mode • Pressure: 50–106 kPa
• Data collection: RS-232
• Recovery from opening porthole: ≤ 5 minutes from closing porthole to 5%
Service and Maintenance
Power Requirements below set point
• Battery: 8.4V NiMH
11.5 A @ 100v ~, 50/60 Hz 2A @ 100v ~, 50/60 Hz (Acc. Outlet) • Alarms: ±3% from set point
• Recommended Calibration/Preventative Maintenance Period: Annually
9.5 A @ 115v ~, 50/60 Hz 2A @ 115v ~, 50/60 Hz (Acc. Outlet) • Accuracy 5%
• 2 years warranty parts and service for corrective maintenance
5.5 A @ 220v ~, 50/60 Hz 1A @ 220v ~, 50/60 Hz (Acc. Outlet)
Inlet Pressure Maximum 620 kPa (90 psi) Contact us to learn more about our additional service offerings.
5.5 A @ 230v ~, 50/60 Hz 1A @ 230v ~, 50/60 Hz (Acc. Outlet)
5.5 A @ 240v ~, 50/60 Hz 1A @ 240v ~, 50/60 Hz (Acc. Outlet) Humidifier Performance
Inrush for 1/2 cycle current <80 A • Recovery time: <15 minutes (typical) Recovery to 75% RH with 39°C air set
temperature
User Control Settings GE Healthcare
• Operating time between refills: >12 hours @ 65% RH control setting in a
• Baby (servo) temperature control: 35–37.5°C in 0.1° increments P.O. Box 900,
25°C/50% RH ambient
• Air temperature control: 20–39°C in 0.1° increments FIN-00031 GE, Finland
• Servo humidity control range: 30–95% relative humidity in 5% increments GE Direct United Kingdom: +44 (0) 800 0329201
• Alarm sound level: Adjustable audible levels
System Performance
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The device is designed to last at least 7 years in normal use when operated,
maintained, and serviced in accordance with the instructions provided in the GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care.
provided manuals. With proper maintenance and repairs, the service life can be
extended as long as service parts are available. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems,
Self-test functions are performed at power-up and during normal operation. drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions
• Patient measurement accuracy:±0.3°C between 30° and 42°C
• Air velocity: <10 cm/sec Whisper Quiet™ Mode services help our customers deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost.
• Sound level (within patient compartment): Average 40 dBa (in Whisper QuietTM
mode closed bed sound level measured 10 cm above the center of the mattress) In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a
• CO₂ level: 0.3% successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.
• Alarm sound level: Adjustable audible levels
Giraffe Incubator Carestation CS1
In-Bed Scale Performance
• Accuracy: ±0.35 oz (10 g) © 2016 General Electric Company. All rights reserved.
• Range: 0.66 lbs. to 17.6 lb. (300 g to 8 kg) GE, Giraffe, Baby Susan and Carestation are trademarks of General Electric Company.
All other company product names mentioned may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.
Resolution: GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company.
• 10 g (Factory setting) or 5 g (user selectable on non-EU scales)
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