Method and apparatus for measuring the operating temperature of blood warming apparatus

摘要

An apparatus for warming blood and other parental fluids as they are infused through a disposable flow system includes a pair of heating plates which heat the blood as it passes through a warming bag provided in the flow system. One of the heating plates comprises the inside surface of a door pivotally mounted to the apparatus housing, and the other heating plate comprises the underlying surface of the housing so as to form in conjunction with the first plate a user accessable heating chamber for receiving the warming bag. A wedge-shaped temperature-conductive thermometer block having a temperature insulating layer along one surface thereof fits between the heating plates and receives a thermometer to enable the temperature of each heating plate to be independently measured.