Patent ID: 7232457

Claim:
A system for warming parenteral fluids, comprising: a fluid warming unit with spaced-apart warming plates; and a fluid warming cassette for being slid between the spaced-apart warming plates, the cassette including: a first sheet and a second sheet joined together by a pattern of bonding defining a fluid container with a periphery, the periphery having a proximal end, a distal end and first and second sides therebetween; the first sheet including a plurality of layers and the second sheet including a plurality of layers; the pattern of bonding further defining a fluid channel in the fluid container; the fluid channel having a serpentine shape; first and second ports in fluid communication with the fluid channel; a rod flexed into a “U” shape, the “U” shape having first and second legs joined by a closed, curved end, and an opposite open end, the closed end being positioned near the proximal end and the open end being positioned near the distal end; the first and second legs positioned inside and along the first and second sides of the periphery; the fluid channel disposed between the first and second legs; the “U” shape tensioning the fluid container within a plane; and, a handle portion in the proximal end including the closed, curved end.