Medical temperature sensors and related systems and methods
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting a temperature of a medical fluid in tubing using a non-invasive fluid temperature sensor;
transmitting the detected temperature of the medical fluid to a control unit;
detecting a temperature of ambient air using an ambient air temperature sensor;
transmitting the detected temperature of the ambient air to the control unit;
using the control unit to calculate a corrected medical fluid temperature based on the detected temperatures of the medical fluid and the ambient air; and
wherein calculating the corrected medical fluid temperature comprises referencing a look-up table that provides a corrected medical fluid temperature for each of multiple different combinations of detected temperatures of medical fluid and detected temperatures of ambient air.
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to medical temperature sensors and related systems and methods. In some aspects, a sensor assembly includes a non-invasive temperature sensor to detect a temperature of a medical fluid in a medical fluid line and an ambient temperature sensor to detect an ambient air temperature.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting a temperature of a medical fluid in tubing using a non-invasive fluid temperature sensor; transmitting the detected temperature of the medical fluid to a control unit;
detecting a temperature of ambient air using an ambient air temperature sensor;
transmitting the detected temperature of the ambient air to the control unit;using the control unit to calculate a corrected medical fluid temperature based on the detected temperatures of the medical fluid and the ambient air; and
wherein calculating the corrected medical fluid temperature comprises referencing a look-up table that provides a corrected medical fluid temperature for each of multiple different combinations of detected temperatures of medical fluid and detected temperatures of ambient air. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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