US 11,925,576 B2
Warming system with sensor
John R. Stark, Saint Paul, MN (US); Jared J. Balthazor, Linwood Township, MN (US); Philip G. Dion, Blaine, MN (US); Jay R. Goetz, Deephaven, MN (US); Leroy J. Longworth, Woodbury, MN (US); Melissa T. Nelson, Woodbury, MN (US); Tyler J. Sandback, Prior Lake, MN (US); Michele A Waldner, Hudson, WI (US); and Michael J. Woodson, West Saint Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/305,394.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/052,359, filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015940 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 7/00 (2006.01); G01K 3/08 (2006.01); G01K 13/024 (2021.01); G01L 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 7/0085 (2013.01) [G01K 3/08 (2013.01); G01K 13/024 (2021.01); G01L 19/0092 (2013.01); A61F 2007/006 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0086 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0096 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air hose comprising:
a corrugated flexible hose;
a first hose end section mechanically coupled to the corrugated flexible hose, the first hose end section comprising a pressure sensor communicatively coupled to a warming unit, the first hose end section is configured to releasably couple to a pneumatic convective device,
wherein the first hose end section has an outside surface facing an environment and an inside surface facing an airflow path, the first hose end section comprises a
static pressure region adjacent to the inside surface, the pressure sensor being disposed within the static pressure region wherein the static pressure region comprises a cavity,
wherein the first hose end section comprises a first end part and a second end part, the first end part is configured to releasably attach to the pneumatic convective device, the second end part is configured to attach to the corrugated flexible hose at one end such that a pneumatic seal is formed between the corrugated flexible hose and the second end part;
and wherein the second end part comprises the cavity, wherein the second end part comprises an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein a space between the inner wall and the outer wall forms the cavity; and
a second hose end section mechanically coupled to the corrugated flexible hose, the second hose end section is configured to couple to the warming unit.