Plural medical item warming system and method for warming a plurality of medical items to desired temperatures
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A temperature control system for thermally treating medical items to desired temperatures comprising:
- one or more modular units each including a first housing containing at least one first thermal treatment assembly to thermally treat a corresponding first medical item; and
a control unit coupled to each of the one or more modular units and including;
a second housing containing at least one second thermal treatment assembly to thermally treat a corresponding second medical item; and
a controller to facilitate entry of a desired temperature for each said first and second medical item within said control unit and said one or more modular units, to control heating by said control unit and said one or more modular units based on said desired temperature, and to display information pertaining to the heating by said control unit and said one or more modular units;
wherein each said first thermal treatment assembly detects a type of the corresponding first medical item and controls an amount of heat applied to the corresponding first medical item based on the detected type of the corresponding first medical item to maintain consistent heating times for attaining said desired temperature between different types of the corresponding first medical item; and
wherein each said second thermal treatment assembly detects a type of the corresponding second medical item and controls an amount of heat applied to the corresponding second medical item based on the detected type of the corresponding second medical item to maintain consistent heating times for attaining said desired temperature between different types of the corresponding second medical item.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Present invention embodiments include a thermal treatment system for thermally treating and individually monitoring a plurality of medical or other items. The thermal treatment system includes a modular configuration with a control unit and one or more modular units coupled to the control unit, where each of the control and modular units thermally treat a plurality of corresponding medical items. The control unit includes a display to interact with a user for setting a desired temperature, and controls the modular units to thermally treat corresponding medical items to the desired temperature.
-
Citations
27 Claims
-
1. A temperature control system for thermally treating medical items to desired temperatures comprising:
-
one or more modular units each including a first housing containing at least one first thermal treatment assembly to thermally treat a corresponding first medical item; and a control unit coupled to each of the one or more modular units and including; a second housing containing at least one second thermal treatment assembly to thermally treat a corresponding second medical item; and a controller to facilitate entry of a desired temperature for each said first and second medical item within said control unit and said one or more modular units, to control heating by said control unit and said one or more modular units based on said desired temperature, and to display information pertaining to the heating by said control unit and said one or more modular units; wherein each said first thermal treatment assembly detects a type of the corresponding first medical item and controls an amount of heat applied to the corresponding first medical item based on the detected type of the corresponding first medical item to maintain consistent heating times for attaining said desired temperature between different types of the corresponding first medical item; and wherein each said second thermal treatment assembly detects a type of the corresponding second medical item and controls an amount of heat applied to the corresponding second medical item based on the detected type of the corresponding second medical item to maintain consistent heating times for attaining said desired temperature between different types of the corresponding second medical item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A method of thermally treating medical items to desired temperatures within a temperature control system including a control unit coupled to one or more modular units, said method comprising:
-
(a) receiving the medical items in said one or more modular units and said control unit, wherein said one or more modular units each include a first housing containing at least one first thermal treatment assembly to thermally treat a corresponding first medical item, wherein said control unit includes a second housing containing at least one second thermal treatment assembly to thermally treat a corresponding second medical item, and wherein said control unit is coupled to each of said one or more modular units; (b) facilitating entry of a desired temperature for each said first and second medical item within said control unit and said one or more modular units via said control unit and controlling heating by said control unit and said one or more modular units based on said desired temperature, wherein controlling heating includes; detecting, via each said first thermal treatment assembly, a type of the corresponding first medical item and controlling an amount of heat applied to the corresponding first medical item based on the detected type of the corresponding first medical item to maintain consistent heating times for attaining said desired temperature between different types of the corresponding first medical item; and detecting, via each said second thermal treatment assembly, a type of the corresponding second medical item and controlling an amount of heat applied to the corresponding second medical item based on the detected type of the corresponding second medical item to maintain consistent heating times for attaining said desired temperature between different types of the corresponding second medical item; and (c) displaying information, via said control unit, pertaining to the heating by said control unit and said one or more modular units. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
-
Specification