Incubator (100) for infants, the incubator (100) having an incubator chamber (101), a lying surface (102) and a heater (10), the heater (10) having a housing structure (20) with an upper housing surface (233) and a lower housing surface (243), at least one air inlet (21) for an incoming air stream (70), at least one air outlet (22) for an outflowing air stream (80), at least one fan wheel (50), at least one heating element (31) and at least a heat transfer element (30), wherein the upper housing surface (233) and the lower housing surface (243) delimit a flow space (60), characterized in that the heat transfer element (30) has a plate with a flat surface arranged horizontally when the heater is operated ( 32), and that the heat generated by the heating element (31) by means of the heat transfer element (30) on both the incoming air flow (70) from the air inlet (21) to the vent errad (50) flows as well as on the outflowing air stream (80) which flows from the fan (50) to the air outlet (22), wherein both the inflowing air flow (70) and the outflowing air flow (80) over the Surface (32) of the heat transfer element (30) are passed.
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