摘要 |
A method and system for heating or cooling a fluid to be delivered into the body of a patient is provided and may include a controller and a fluid delivery line assembly. The fluid delivery line may include sterile fluid pathway and for communicating a fluid from a source to a destination, one or more terminating connectors, and an integral resistance element for producing heat in response to electrical current. The fluid delivery line may also include one or more thermal sensor positioned within the fluid pathway for detecting and reporting the temperature of the fluid being delivered. The controller may include an embedded control/feedback logic program with novel heat balance algorithm to precisely control the amount of heat applied to the fluid. The fluid delivery line assembly may be disposable with at least one of the thermal sensors being reusable while maintaining sterility within the fluid pathway.
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