Thermal treatment system and method for controlling the system to thermally treat sterile surgical liquid
AssigneeO.R. Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDurward I. Faries JR., Bruce R. Heymann
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Abstract
A thermal treatment system for thermally treating a sterile medium is controlled via a controller selectively manipulable by a user during system operation. The system facilitates entry of a desired temperature range for thermally treating the sterile medium and includes an alarm to notify the user of a status of the measured temperature relative to the desired temperature range.
Claims16
A thermal treatment system for thermally treating a sterile medium in a sterile surgery environment, said system comprising:
- a system housing including a top surface;
- a basin disposed on said top surface for containing said sterile medium;
- a thermal treatment unit to thermally treat said sterile medium disposed in said basin;
- a temperature sensor located proximate said basin to measure a temperature of said sterile medium disposed in said basin;
- an alarm to notify a user of a status of the measured sterile medium temperature relative to a desired temperature range;
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- a controller selectively manipulable by the user to control system operation, wherein said controller directs said thermal treatment unit to thermally treat said sterile medium to a desired temperature in accordance with said manipulation and controls said alarm to notify the user of said measured temperature status relative to said desired temperature range.
In a thermal treatment system for thermally treating a sterile medium including a system housing having a top surface, a basin disposed on said top surface for containing said sterile medium and a thermal treatment unit to thermally treat said sterile medium disposed in said basin, a method of controlling said system to thermally treat said sterile medium comprising the steps of:
- (a) controlling said thermal treatment unit to thermally treat said sterile medium to a desired temperature in accordance with manipulation of a controller by a user to control system operation;
- (b) measuring a temperature of said sterile medium disposed in said basin with a temperature sensor located proximate said basin;
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- (c) controlling an alarm to notify a user of a status of the measured sterile medium temperature relative to a desired temperature range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.