Patent ID: 7976572

Claim:
A method for warming a person clothed in a clinical garment with a convective warming device mounted therein using a forced air warming unit and a remote control apparatus connected to the forced air warming device, the method comprising the steps of: connecting an air hose between the convective device and the forced air warming unit; manually operating a single control element on the remote control apparatus to change a control signal S; controlling the forced air warming unit to provide a stream of thermally conditioned air having a flow rate V corresponding to the control signal; controlling the forced air warming unit to provide a stream of thermally conditioned air having a temperature T corresponding to the control signal; reducing the rate of change (∂T/∂S) of the air stream temperature with respect to the control signal responsive to an increase in the control signal; and reducing the rate of change ∂(∂T/∂S)/∂S with respect to the control signal of the rate of change (∂T/∂S) of the air stream temperature with respect to the control signal responsive to an increase in the control signal.