Patent ID: 7347210
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for detecting conditions within containers formed by surgical drapes during surgical procedures and controlling thermal treatment of said containers in response to said detected conditions, said system comprising: a thermal treatment unit to thermally treat a liquid and including a basin; a surgical drape, covering and substantially conforming to said basin, to serve as a drape container for said liquid; a sensing device including a plurality of conductors each disposed on a sterile drape surface within said drape container and extending therefrom through said drape to a non-sterile drape surface, wherein said conductors are secured to said drape via a plurality of material segments disposed on said non-sterile drape surface, and wherein potentials of said conductors are responsive to contact between said conductors and said liquid and indicate conditions of said drape container; a controller to operate said thermal treatment unit to control a temperature of said basin; and a detection unit in communication with said drape to determine occurrence of said drape container conditions from said potentials of said conductors and to control said controller to operate said thermal treatment unit in accordance with said determined drape container conditions.