INTELLIGENT CONTRAST WARMER AND CONTRAST HOLDER

摘要

Intelligent contrast warmers and methods for operating and using same are described. An intelligent contrast warmer may include elements configured to monitor information associated with the intelligent contrast warmer and contrast media stored in contrast bottles housed within the intelligent contrast warmer, such as contrast warmer temperatures, contrast warmer temperatures outside of specifications, contrast media inventory, expiration dates of contrast media, personnel authorized to access contrast media, and dates and times associated with contrast media added to and removed from the intelligent contrast warmer. A method for monitoring the expiration date of contrast bottles may include labeling the contrast bottles and reading the information from the label into a computing device. The computing device may be configured to monitor the expiration dates and to generate an alarm responsive to a current time being within a threshold duration of the expiration time for a contrast bottle.

主权项

1. A contrast warmer configured to warm contrast bottles stored therein, the contrast warmer comprising:
a temperature sensor operative to measure a temperature of the contrast warmer; and a communications port in operative communication with at least one computing device configured to monitor the temperature, wherein an alarm event is generated by the at least one computing device responsive to the temperature being outside of an acceptable temperature range.