Patent ID: 7942851

Claim:
An apparatus for heating and maintaining the temperature of infused liquids as liquid flows from a heated liquid-filled container through a tube to an entry site on a patient, wherein said liquid-filled container is suspended from a support by a receptacle and said tube extends from said liquid-filled container to said entry site, said apparatus comprising: a receptacle for receiving and holding a liquid filled container; a heating element in said receptacle, the heating element placeable proximate said liquid-filled container to heat said liquid-filled container to a desired temperature; a heating assembly selectively placeable along said tube, said heating assembly including: a heater to maintain liquid flowing from said heated liquid-filled container through said tube at said desired temperature, a tube receptacle comprising an open slot configured to engage and receive a portion of said tube therein, wherein said heater heats said liquid within said tube portion received within the open slot; and a control unit coupled to said heating element and said heater to control heating of said liquid, wherein said heating element is controlled based on a measured heating element parameter, and said heater is controlled independently of said heating element based on a measured heater parameter.