Fluid warming apparatus
AssigneeThe Surgical Company International B.V.
InventorsPeter TIJSSEN, Ron VAN OUDENALLEN, Jasper KEUNING, Bert VAN DEN BERG
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Abstract
The invention provides fluid warming apparatus comprising: a fan; a heater, the fan and the heater being configured to generate a heated fluid flow having a principle flow direction and an inhomogeneous temperature distribution in a distribution direction perpendicular to the said principle flow direction; and a plurality of temperature sensors offset from each other in the said distribution direction, wherein at least two of the temperature sensors are configured to measure temperatures of respective portions of the heated fluid flow having different temperatures.
Claims15
Fluid warming apparatus comprising:
- a fan;
- a heater, the fan and the heater being configured to generate a heated fluid flow having a principle flow direction and an inhomogeneous temperature distribution in a distribution direction perpendicular to the said principle flow direction;
- and a plurality of temperature sensors offset from each other in the said distribution direction, wherein at least two of the temperature sensors are configured to measure temperatures of respective portions of the heated fluid flow having different temperatures.
A method of warming fluid comprising:
- generating a heated fluid flow having a principle fluid flow direction and an inhomogeneous temperature distribution in a distribution direction perpendicular to the principle fluid flow direction;
- and measuring the temperatures of at least two portions of the heated fluid flow offset from each other in the distribution direction, the said at least two portions of the heated fluid flow having different temperatures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.