Adapter for use with a liquid warming device
First Claim
1. An adapter for use in a particular liquid warming device, the particular liquid warming device designed for applying heat to a container that fits through an opening with a first cross sectional area in a top surface of the liquid warming device above a cavity in the liquid warming device, the adapter having:
- a surface shaped to fit upon at least a portion of the top surface of the particular liquid warming device; and
an opening in a portion of the adapter to be placed in a cavity in the particular liquid warming device such that the adapter may be placed upon the particular liquid warming device and receive a container through an opening in the portion of the adapter with a second cross sectional area, less than the first cross sectional area, to allow the container to receive heat input from the liquid warming device.
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Abstract
A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable container is described with emphasis on the properties of the container interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the container to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the container. The interactions between a temperature sensor and a temperature well integrated in the removable container are disclosed. Also disclosed are various desirable aspects for a control system for a liquid warming device are provided. The liquid warming device can selectively employ a adapter in order to receive a container limited to a smaller diameter than the largest container diameter that can be accommodated by the liquid warming device. The small diameter container may receive a volume of sterile fluid so that the liquid warming device can maintain the sterile fluid in the small diameter container within a prescribed range of temperatures above ambient air temperature.
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23 Claims
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1. An adapter for use in a particular liquid warming device, the particular liquid warming device designed for applying heat to a container that fits through an opening with a first cross sectional area in a top surface of the liquid warming device above a cavity in the liquid warming device, the adapter having:
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a surface shaped to fit upon at least a portion of the top surface of the particular liquid warming device; and an opening in a portion of the adapter to be placed in a cavity in the particular liquid warming device such that the adapter may be placed upon the particular liquid warming device and receive a container through an opening in the portion of the adapter with a second cross sectional area, less than the first cross sectional area, to allow the container to receive heat input from the liquid warming device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An adapter for use in a liquid warming device, the liquid warming device designed for applying heat to a container received through an opening in a top of the liquid warming device above a cavity in the liquid warming device, the opening having a first cross sectional area;
- the adapter having;
a surface shaped to fit upon at least a portion of a top surface of a particular liquid warming device; and an adapter opening in a portion of the adapter to be placed over a cavity in the particular liquid warming device such that the adapter may be placed upon a particular liquid warming device and receive a container through the adapter opening with a second cross sectional area, less than the first cross sectional area, to allow the container to receive heat input from the liquid warming device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- the adapter having;
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14. A method of adapting a liquid warming device with an opening above a cavity to receive a container, the opening having a first cross sectional area, the method of adapting allowing an adapted liquid warming device to receive, monitor, and heat a container received through an opening in the adapter with a second cross sectional area, smaller than the first cross sectional area;
- the method comprising;
placing an adapter over at least a portion of the liquid warming device with an opening in the adapter positioned above the cavity in the liquid warming device; placing at least a portion of a container with the second cross sectional area into the cavity in the liquid warming device through the opening in the adapter so that a means for providing heat to sterile liquid in a container received by the liquid warming device without an adapter in-use may be used to provide heat to sterile fluid in the container. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- the method comprising;
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