Patent ID: 11918510
Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A thermal control unit for controlling a patient's temperature, the thermal control unit comprising:
a fluid outlet adapted to fluidly couple to a fluid supply line;
a fluid inlet adapted to fluidly couple to a fluid return line;
a heat exchanger;
a pump for circulating fluid from the fluid inlet through the heat exchanger and to the fluid outlet; and
a controller adapted to receive first data from a first source and second data from a second source, the controller further adapted to use both the first data and the second data to determine if the patient is shivering, the controller further adapted to perform the following
(i) notify a user that the patient is shivering only if the first data exceeds a first threshold and the second data exceeds a second threshold; and
(ii) not notify the user that the patient is shivering if either (a) the first data exceeds the first threshold but the second data does not exceed the second threshold, or (b) the second data exceeds the second threshold but the first data does not exceed the first threshold.