Temperature-controlled electric device for heating transfusion fluids
First Claim
1. A transfusion fluid heating device which includes (a) a case with a front face and having therein an electrically energized heater and an electric circuit for controlling the energizing of said heater, (b) a heating plate disposed in said front face of said case and having, on its surface, a groove following a winding course at its middle portion and adapted to receive therein a transfusion fluid conduit, and (c) a lid for closing said case on the side of said front face thereof, and is characterized in that:
- (A) said heater is bonded to the back side of said heating plate; and
(B) said electric circuit includes (i) a means for determining the temperature of transfusion fluid heated by said heating plate, (ii) a means for determining the temperature of said heating plate, (iii) a means for determining the temperature of said heater, (iv) a means for controlling an electric input to said heater, in response to the fluid temperature determined by said fluid temperature determining means (i), so that the fluid has a predetermined temperature, and (v) a means for stopping an electrical input to said heater when one of the temperature of said heating plate determined by said heating plate temperature determining means (ii) and of said heater determined by said heater temperature determining means (iii) has increased beyond a certain predetermined value.
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Abstract
Device for heating transfusion fluids, such as blood and drugs in solution, prior to their intravenous drop-by-drop introduction to patients, which comprises a case having therein a heater and an electric circuit, a heating plate disposed in a front face of the case and having, on its surface, a groove following a winding course at its middle portion and adapted to receive therein a transfusion fluid conduit, and a lid for closing said case on the side of its front face. The heater is connected to the back side of the heating plate, so as to heat the heating plate. The electric circuit includes a fluid-temperature thermistor, a heater-temperature thermistor, and a heating-plate temperature thermistor. Electric input to the heater is controlled on the basis of the temperature determined by the fluid-temperature thermistor, so that the fluid through the conduit may have its predetermined temperature. The electric input to the heater is interrupted when the temperature of the heater-temperature thermistor or of the heating-plate temperature thermistor has increased beyond a certain predetermined value, thus preventing the fluid from being overheated even temporarily or partly.
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1. A transfusion fluid heating device which includes (a) a case with a front face and having therein an electrically energized heater and an electric circuit for controlling the energizing of said heater, (b) a heating plate disposed in said front face of said case and having, on its surface, a groove following a winding course at its middle portion and adapted to receive therein a transfusion fluid conduit, and (c) a lid for closing said case on the side of said front face thereof, and is characterized in that:
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(A) said heater is bonded to the back side of said heating plate; and (B) said electric circuit includes (i) a means for determining the temperature of transfusion fluid heated by said heating plate, (ii) a means for determining the temperature of said heating plate, (iii) a means for determining the temperature of said heater, (iv) a means for controlling an electric input to said heater, in response to the fluid temperature determined by said fluid temperature determining means (i), so that the fluid has a predetermined temperature, and (v) a means for stopping an electrical input to said heater when one of the temperature of said heating plate determined by said heating plate temperature determining means (ii) and of said heater determined by said heater temperature determining means (iii) has increased beyond a certain predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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