Abstract: The invention provides a forced air warmer comprising: a chamber having an outlet port; an air heater arranged to heat air within the chamber; an air propagator arranged to propagate heated air from the chamber along a heated air flow path passing through the port; and a temperature sensor provided in the heated air flow path to measure the temperature of heated air propagated along the heated air flow path. The forced air warmer further comprises an air flow conditioner in the heated air flow path downstream of the temperature sensor, the air flow conditioner being arranged to condition air flow at the temperature sensor so as to improve the reliability of temperature measurements made by the temperature sensor. The forced air warmer may be used to supply heated air to an air warming blanket for regulating the temperature of a patient.

Abstract: The invention provides a forced air warmer comprising: a chamber having an outlet port; an air heater arranged to heat air within the chamber; an air propagator arranged to propagate heated air from the chamber along a heated air flow path passing through the port; and a temperature sensor provided in the heated air flow path to measure the temperature of heated air propagated along the heated air flow path. The forced air warmer further comprises an air flow conditioner in the heated air flow path downstream of the temperature sensor, the air flow conditioner being arranged to condition air flow at the temperature sensor so as to improve the reliability of temperature measurements made by the temperature sensor. The forced air warmer may be used to supply heated air to an air warming blanket for regulating the temperature of a patient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for conveying heated air to a person and comprises an air-permeable inner sheet and an air-impermeable outer sheet which are connected to one another by welds in order to form a panel-like shape in the inflated state. The welds produce a main duct having, viewed at the inlet end and in the non-inflated state, a main duct width. The main duct is delimited by at least one first series of elongate first welded strips, the first intermediate spaces which are in line with one another. The length of each of these first intermediate spaces, viewed in the non-inflated state, is in each case smaller than the main duct width. The length of each first welded strip is at least 15% of the main duct width and at most 80% of the main duct width.

Abstract: The invention relates to an inflatable thermal blanket for providing conditioned air to a neonatal human or neonatal animal body, said thermal blanket comprising: a base sheet of an air impermeable material, in use remote from said body; a top sheet of an air permeable material, in use in contact with said body; a peripheral connection joining said base sheet and top sheet to define an air chamber; multiple connections distributed within said peripheral connection across interior surface regions of said base sheet and top sheet and connecting said base sheet and top sheet, an inlet port for providing the conditioned gas to said inflatable chamber, said peripheral connection having a length of about 70-100 cm and a width of about 50-70 cm, and said multiple connections defining a central part and outer channels along the longitudinal ends of the thermal blanket, said central part having a length of about 30-60 cm and a width of about 20-40 cm.

Abstract: An inflatable thermal blanket for providing conditioned air to a human or animal body positioned on top of thermal blanket, a base sheet of an air impermeable material, in use remote from the body; a top sheet of an air permeable material, in use in contact with the body; a peripheral connection joining the base sheet and top sheet to define an air chamber; multiple connections distributed within the peripheral connection across interior surface regions of the base sheet and top sheet and connecting the base sheet and top sheet, and an inlet port for providing the conditioned gas to the inflatable chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for conveying heated air to a person and comprises an air-permeable inner sheet and an air-impermeable outer sheet which are connected to one another by welds in order to form a panel-like shape in the inflated state. The welds produce a main duct having, viewed at the inlet end and in the non-inflated state, a main duct width. The main duct is delimited by at least one first series of elongate first welded strips, the first intermediate spaces which are in line with one another. The length of each of these first intermediate spaces, viewed in the non-inflated state, is in each case smaller than the main duct width. The length of each first welded strip is at least 15% of the main duct width and at most 80% of the main duct width.

Abstract: Filling valve for the metered delivery of a flow of medium, having: a valve housing with a passage having an inlet opening at the top and an outlet opening at the bottom and a valve body which is accommodated in the passage, a lower end of which has a diameter which decreases in the downwards direction and an upper end of which is connected to actuation means for vertical displacement of the valve body between a closed position and an open position of the valve, which respectively serves to block and allow through a flow of medium via the passage and through the outlet opening. A bottom section of the lower end of the valve body has a stepped shape, with a diameter which decreases in the downward direction.

Abstract: Filling valve for dispensing metered quantities of a flow of medium, comprising: a valve housing with a flow passage which has an inlet and an outlet opening; an actuable valve body which is accommodated in the flow passage, for opening and closing the outlet opening; actuating means for moving the valve body to and fro between an open position and a closed position; in which the valve body comprises a transitional part having a substantially circular cross section, which transitional part transits into a pointed end part, the transitional part and the pointed end part merging smoothly into one another via a convexly curved part running into an adjoining concavely curved part.