Patent ID: 6376805
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A warming system for heating medical items to desired temperatures within an approximate range of 86Â° F. -104 Â° F. prior to using said medical items within medical procedures comprising:a warmer unit including: a housing; a compartment disposed within said housing to receive at least one medical item to be heated; a heater disposed proximate said compartment to direct heated air into said compartment to heat said compartment and said at least one medical item contained within said compartment; a temperature sensor disposed within said compartment to measure temperature in said compartment; a medical item support structure disposed within said compartment and including a plurality of individual receptacles each for receiving and securing at least one medical item within said compartment, wherein said each receptacle is disposed in a flow path of said heated air through said compartment and is configured to enable said heated air to flow through that receptacle and heat said at least one medical item contained therein, wherein said medical item support structure further includes flow paths through said structure for said heated air that are defined by arrangement of said receptacles to reside between facing external surfaces of medical items contained in adjacent receptacles, and wherein said receptacle arrangement within said medical item support structure is configured to expose substantial portions of said medical items contained within said receptacles to said heated air to enable said heated air to surround and heat those medical items; and a controller to facilitate entry of a desired temperature within said range for said compartment and to control said heater to heat said compartment to the entered desired temperature based on the temperature measured by said temperature sensor.