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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2011
Brijesh Gill, Houston, TX (US);
Charles Cox, Bellaire, TX (US);
Ofodike A. Ezekoye, Austin, TX (US);
Ozgur Ekici, Izmir, TR;
Brijesh Gill, Houston, TX (US);
Charles Cox, Bellaire, TX (US);
Ofodike A. Ezekoye, Austin, TX (US);
Ozgur Ekici, Izmir, TR;
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas Systems, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a portable apparatus for warming biocompatible fluids for use in the treatment of injured patients and a method of heating a biocompatible fluid to treat a patient experiencing hypothermia. The present invention may be used to warm intravenous fluids for trauma resuscitation or to warm air from a ventilator circuit. The portable nature of the present invention makes it highly suitable for field applications, such as a forward surgical hospital near a combat zone.