Patent ID: 7517360

Claim:
System, comprising: a patient warming blanket having an inflatable body, an inlet for providing a fluid path to said body; a non-actively powered code positioned on said body, said code when read by an appropriate sensor would identify at least the flow rate of air required to optimally inflate said body; and a convective warmer having an outlet for mating to said inlet to establish a fluid path to said blanket; a heater for heating air in a plenum of said warmer, an air blower for directing the heated air to said outlet, at least said sensor located relative to said outlet for reading said code; controller means for controlling the flow rate of the heated air provided to said outlet; wherein upon mating of said inlet of said blanket to said outlet of said warmer, said code is read by said sensor and a signal representative of the identified flow rate read by said sensor from said code is provided to said controller means to controllably inflate said blanket with the heated air at the flow rate indicated by said code.