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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G Moll, Loveland, OH (US);
Michael M Donnelly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alan Gutwillig, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600 22 ; 128736 ;
Abstract
A patient warming apparatus includes a support surface for supporting a patient, a convective heater for supplying convective heat to warm the patient, and a radiant heater for supplying radiant heat to warm the patient. The apparatus also includes a controller having a first output coupled to the convective heater and a second output coupled to the radiant heater for varying output power levels of the convective heater and the radiant heater, respectively, to maintain the patient located on the support surface at substantially a preselected temperature.