System and method for heating and insulating contrast media
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A system for heating and insulating contrast media and for facilitating the generation of reports regarding the heating of contrast media, the system comprising:
- a thermal insulating wrap sized to cover at least a portion of a contrast media container containing contrast media fluid when wrapped around the contrast media container, the thermal insulating wrap comprising;
a heating element coupled to the thermal insulating wrap;
a temperature sensor, coupled to the thermal insulating wrap, the temperature sensor being configured to be in contact with at least one of a contrast media container and contrast media fluid contained within the contrast media container when the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap;
a temperature controller, coupled to the thermal insulating wrap, in electronic communication with the heating element and the temperature sensor, the temperature controller having logical controls that receive contrast media temperature data from the temperature sensor and control the function of the heating element, the temperature controller further including an identification reader for identifying a unique identifier contained on a contrast media container while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating cover such that multiple contrast media containers can be uniquely identified by the identification reader when any of the multiple contrast media containers are contained within the thermal insulating wrap thereby facilitating the identification of which contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap at a particular time; and
a data communicator, coupled to the thermal insulating wrap, configured to receive temperature data and a unique identifier of a contrast media container while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap, the data communicator being further configured to transmit the temperature data and the unique identifier of the contrast media container to an external computer system while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap to thereby enable the external computer system to maintain a record of the temperature of contrast media within any contrast media container that is uniquely identified by the identification reader of the thermal insulating wrap.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system for heating and insulating contrast media is disclosed herein. A thermal insulating cover sized to cover at least a portion of a contrast media container is provided with a heating element. A temperature sensor measures the temperature of the contrast media and communicates this temperature to a temperature controller, which controls the heating element in order to maintain the contrast media near a predetermined temperature. Temperature data is transmitted to a computer system by a data communicator.
-
Citations
14 Claims
-
1. A system for heating and insulating contrast media and for facilitating the generation of reports regarding the heating of contrast media, the system comprising:
a thermal insulating wrap sized to cover at least a portion of a contrast media container containing contrast media fluid when wrapped around the contrast media container, the thermal insulating wrap comprising; a heating element coupled to the thermal insulating wrap; a temperature sensor, coupled to the thermal insulating wrap, the temperature sensor being configured to be in contact with at least one of a contrast media container and contrast media fluid contained within the contrast media container when the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap; a temperature controller, coupled to the thermal insulating wrap, in electronic communication with the heating element and the temperature sensor, the temperature controller having logical controls that receive contrast media temperature data from the temperature sensor and control the function of the heating element, the temperature controller further including an identification reader for identifying a unique identifier contained on a contrast media container while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating cover such that multiple contrast media containers can be uniquely identified by the identification reader when any of the multiple contrast media containers are contained within the thermal insulating wrap thereby facilitating the identification of which contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap at a particular time; and a data communicator, coupled to the thermal insulating wrap, configured to receive temperature data and a unique identifier of a contrast media container while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap, the data communicator being further configured to transmit the temperature data and the unique identifier of the contrast media container to an external computer system while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap to thereby enable the external computer system to maintain a record of the temperature of contrast media within any contrast media container that is uniquely identified by the identification reader of the thermal insulating wrap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
-
7. A thermal insulating wrap for a contrast media container, the thermal insulating wrap comprising:
-
a heating element for heating contrast media of a contrast media container contained within the thermal insulating wrap; a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the contrast media while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap; a temperature controller in electronic communication with the heating element and the temperature sensor, the temperature controller having logical controls that receive contrast media temperature data from the temperature sensor and control the function of the heating element; an identification reader for reading an identification element attached to the contrast media container contained within the thermal insulating wrap to obtain a unique identifier of the contrast media container such that multiple contrast media containers can be uniquely identified by the identification reader when any of the multiple contrast media containers are contained within the thermal insulating wrap thereby facilitating the identification of which contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap at a particular time; and a data communicator configured to receive the temperature data and the unique identifier of the contrast media container while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap, the data communicator being further configured to transmit the temperature data and the unique identifier of the contrast media container to an external computer system while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap to thereby enable the external computer system to maintain a record of the temperature of the contrast media within the contrast media container, the record being associated with the contrast media container having the unique identifier transmitted with the temperature data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A thermal insulating wrap for heating and insulating a contrast media container and for transmitting temperature and identification data to a separate computing system, the thermal insulating wrap comprising:
-
flexible insulating material having a shape for covering a portion of a contrast media container when the thermal insulating wrap is wrapped around the contrast media container; one or more heating elements attached to the flexible insulating material; one or more temperature sensors for detecting a temperature of contrast media within a contrast media container contained within the flexible insulating material; a temperature controller that receives temperature readings from the one or more temperature sensors and controls the one or more heating elements based on the temperature readings; an identification reader attached to the flexible insulating material that detects a unique identifier of a contrast media container by reading an element attached to the contrast media container; and a data communicator, attached to the flexible insulating material, that receives temperature readings from the temperature controller and a unique identifier from the identification reader while a contrast media container is contained within the flexible insulating material, the data communicator further periodically transmitting the temperature readings and the unique identifier of the contrast media container to a separate computing system to enable the separate computing system to create a record of the temperature readings of a specific contrast media container as identified by the unique identifier received with the temperature readings. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
-
Specification