1. Introduction
1.1 Intended and unintended use
The ComfyNest and related accessories are designed to support the positioning, supporting
and restriction of premature babies or babies with a low birth weight. The ComfyNest offers the
option to position the baby in a midline orientation and thus promotes hand-mouth contact and
hand-hand contact, so the baby feels more comfortable and is better able to self-regulate. By
leaving the hands of the infant free, the infant can spontaneously touch her face. In the Com-
fyNest, the baby can be weighed, moved, examined or transported with minimum stress and
disruption.
The ComfyNest and accessories may only be used in a monitored setting and under constant
medical supervision in the neonatology department.
The ComfyNest and related accessories should not be used:
• at home (owing to an increased risk of cot death when using positioning aids in the cot);
• for babies with a weight over 2500 grams;
• when taking X-rays – remove the inner roll for lateral X-rays (lateral position), as the roll
may cause a blurry X-ray (this is not necessary for posterior-anterior (PA) X-rays);
• for babies requiring a “body-cooling pack” for the treatment of a cerebral oedema (they
do not fit properly in the ComfyNest);
• for babies that are being prepared to go home.
The ComfyPillow should not be used:
• for babies with severe respiratory problems (lying in the supine position is not an opti-
mal posture for them and use of the ComfyPillow is not recommended);
• for babies with cranial abnormalities.
Any other use than that described above in this manual is considered incorrect use.
1.2 Limitation of liability
If the product is used in a manner not in compliance with its intended use, the liability (whether
arising out of or related to manufacture and sale of the goods, their demonstration, sales rep-
resentation, use, performance, or otherwise, including any liability based upon Benjamin Care‘s
product warranty) for the proper function of the product is permanently transferred to the own-
er or user.
