US 12,478,746 B2
Device and method for intravenous fluid warming
Alexander Joseph Baker, Cambridge, MA (US); Yan Liao, Zionsville, IN (US); and Candace Jean Scherer, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Assigned to Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Appl. No. 17/602,477
Filed by Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/030591
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/226982, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/844,229, filed on May 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203047 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 5/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/44 (2013.01) [A61M 2205/36 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3633 (2013.01); A61M 2205/364 (2013.01); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
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1. A system for warming intravenous fluids for delivery to a patient, the system comprising:
a base having a first side and a second side;
a positioning holder disposed on the second side and configured to receive and support a tube for providing at least one intravenous fluid to a patient; and
a plurality of elongate heating fingers disposed on the second side, wherein each elongate heating finger of the plurality of elongate heating fingers is configured to be independently manipulated such that said elongate heating finger contacts the tube to transfer heat to the at least one intravenous fluid provided via the tube.