Patent ID: 7459657
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: A61B,G05D

Abstract:
1. A basin for insertion and use in a liquid warming device, the basin comprising a bottom with an inside surface and an outside surface and a set of at least one side wall so as to form a basin with an interior volume for holding fluids, the bottom having a hollow protrusion extending into the interior volume of the basin, the hollow protrusion adapted for receiving the distal end of a temperature sensor associated with a liquid warming device, whereby engagement of a temperature sensor associated with a liquid warming device by placing the hollow protrusion over the distal end of the temperature sensor can place the distal end of the temperature sensor in proximity to a fluid placed in the interior volume of the basin wherein the hollow protrusion comprises a well for receiving at least a portion of a temperature sensor and a zone adjacent to the well is adapted to interact with a limit switch actuator so that placement of the basin over the temperature sensor and placing the outside surface of the bottom of the basin in substantial contact with a heat transfer surface on the liquid warming device moves a limit switch actuator downward to close a limit switch.