Patent ID: 7711251

Claim:
A device for temperature controlled heating of a fluid line comprising: a jacket conduit made of a flexible material and provided with a longitudinal slot across which a fluid line is insertable into a cavity of the jacket conduit; at least one heating element extending in longitudinal direction of said jacket conduit; and one temperature sensor each is arranged in a first and a second section of the jacket conduit, wherein at both sides of a longitudinal center plane extending through the longitudinal slot the jacket conduit is provided with at least one circumferential section having a plurality of continuous longitudinal channels or intermittent longitudinal channels which are adapted to accommodate at least two heating elements and at least one temperature sensor, said continuous longitudinal channels or intermittent longitudinal channels extending symmetrically to said longitudinal center plane of the jacket conduit or to a center plane of said circumferential section, and wherein a further channel extends between the longitudinal channels for the heating elements in which further channel at least one temperature sensor and at least one contact line connecting said temperature sensor to a regulating unit are installed.