Patent ID: 8924036

Claim:
A system for heating and insulating contrast media and for facilitating the generation of reports regarding the heating of contrast media, the system comprising: a thermal insulating wrap sized to cover at least a portion of a contrast media container containing contrast media fluid when wrapped around the contrast media container, the thermal insulating wrap comprising: a heating element coupled to the thermal insulating wrap; a temperature sensor, coupled to the thermal insulating wrap, the temperature sensor being configured to be in contact with at least one of a contrast media container and contrast media fluid contained within the contrast media container when the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap; a temperature controller, coupled to the thermal insulating wrap, in electronic communication with the heating element and the temperature sensor, the temperature controller having logical controls that receive contrast media temperature data from the temperature sensor and control the function of the heating element, the temperature controller further including an identification reader for identifying a unique identifier contained on a contrast media container while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating cover such that multiple contrast media containers can be uniquely identified by the identification reader when any of the multiple contrast media containers are contained within the thermal insulating wrap thereby facilitating the identification of which contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap at a particular time; and a data communicator, coupled to the thermal insulating wrap, configured to receive temperature data and a unique identifier of a contrast media container while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap, the data communicator being further configured to transmit the temperature data and the unique identifier of the contrast media container to an external computer system while the contrast media container is contained within the thermal insulating wrap to thereby enable the external computer system to maintain a record of the temperature of contrast media within any contrast media container that is uniquely identified by the identification reader of the thermal insulating wrap.