# US 12,178,977 B2 · Lavage systems and devices having warming component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,178,977 B2 - Document ID: US12178977B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/501,739 - Filed: 2021-10-14 - Published: 2022-04-21 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2020-10-15 - Assignees: CareFusion 2200, Inc. - Applicants: CareFusion 2200, Inc. - Inventors: Christopher McGinley; John Krueger; Maleeha Mashiatulla; Dan Zimbler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12178977B2 ## CPC - A61M 3/0245: {Containers therefor, e.g. with heating means or with storage means for cannula} - A61M 3/0262: {manually, e.g. by squeezing a bulb} - A61M 3/0204: {Physical characteristics of the irrigation fluid, e.g. conductivity or turbidity} - A61M 3/0258: {by means of electric pumps} - A61M 2202/0468: non-physiological - A61M 2205/0205: Materials having antiseptic or antimicrobial properties, e.g. silver compounds, rubber with sterilising agent - A61M 2205/3368: Temperature - A61M 2205/36: related to heating or cooling - A61M 2205/364: by chemical reaction - A61M 2205/366: by liquid heat exchangers - A61M 2205/584: having a color code - A61M 2205/6081: Colour codes - A61M 2209/088: on the body - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A system for applying a lavage fluid to a surface, the system having a body configured to house a lavage fluid, an application member in fluid communication with the body, the application member being configured to dispense the lavage fluid, and a warming component configured to communicate with the body so as to transfer energy from the warming component to the body sufficient to warm the lavage fluid housed in the body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for applying a lavage fluid to a surface, the system comprising: a body configured to house a lavage fluid; an application member in fluid communication with the body, wherein the application member is configured to dispense the lavage fluid; and a warming component, wherein the body comprises a plurality of inner-channels having an inner surface configured to contact a corresponding outer surface of the warming component, and wherein the warming component comprises a warming material sufficient to warm the lavage fluid housed in the body using energy transferred from the warming material to the lavage fluid via the inner surface of the plurality of inner channels and the corresponding outer surface of the warming component. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the warming component comprises a surrounding channel portion configured to surround at least a portion of the lavage fluid in the body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the warming material is configured to absorb energy. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the warming material comprises an activatable warming material configured to provide heat upon activation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the warming material comprises a warming fluid. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system according to claim 5, wherein the warming fluid comprises heated water. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system according to claim 5, wherein the warming component comprises: an input configured for the warming fluid to enter the warming component, and an output configured for the warming fluid to exit the warming component. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the input and the output comprises a restrictive feature selected from the group consisting of a one-way valve and an actuatable valve. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the warming material is sufficient to warm the lavage fluid housed in the body to a temperature between about 32 and 43° C. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system according to claim 9, wherein the warming material is sufficient to warm the lavage fluid housed in the body to the temperature in a heating period of no more than five minutes. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system according to claim 9, wherein the system further comprises a temperature indicator configured to provide a signal when the lavage fluid has reached the temperature. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system according to claim 11, wherein the signal comprises a change in color of a temperature-sensitive material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system according to claim 11, wherein the temperature indicator is comprised by at least one of the body and the warming component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the lavage fluid comprises an antiseptic agent and water, the antiseptic agent comprising iodine.