Abstract: A warming unit and method for warming an infusion medium prior to introducing the medium into a patient's body. The apparatus includes an outer casing, inlet and outlet tubes secured to the outer casing, a fluid conduit for transporting the infusion medium through the warming unit, and a heating element disposed proximate to the fluid conduit for warming the infusion medium flowing therethrough. The warming unit can form part of a system, which further includes a controller for controlling various functions of and separate from the warming unit, a reservoir containing the infusion medium, and a power source for powering the warming unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 22, 2013
Date of Patent:
February 3, 2015
Assignee:
Thermacore Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
C. Kenneth French, Garrett Barker, Wyatt Earp
Abstract: A warming unit and method for warming an infusion medium prior to introducing the medium into a patient's body. The apparatus includes an outer casing, inlet and outlet tubes secured to the outer casing, a fluid conduit for transporting the infusion medium through the warming unit, and a heating element disposed proximate to the fluid conduit for warming the infusion medium flowing therethrough. The warming unit can form part of a system, which further includes a controller for controlling various functions of and separate from the warming unit, a reservoir containing the infusion medium, and a power source for powering the warming unit.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 22, 2013
Publication date:
September 26, 2013
Applicant:
THERMACORE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
C. Kenneth FRENCH, Garrett Barker, Wyatt Earp
Abstract: A warming unit and method for warming an infusion medium prior to introducing the medium into a patient's body. The apparatus includes an outer casing, inlet and outlet tubes secured to the outer casing, a fluid conduit for transporting the infusion medium through the warming unit, and a heating element disposed proximate to the fluid conduit for warming the infusion medium flowing therethrough. The warming unit can form part of a system, which further includes a controller for controlling various functions of and separate from the warming unit, a reservoir containing the infusion medium, and a power source for powering the warming unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 9, 2006
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2013
Assignee:
Thermacore Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
C. Kenneth French, Garrett Barker, Wyatt Earp