US 11,701,251 B2
System and method for patient temperature control
Gary A. Carson, Golden, CO (US); Gary Gruszecki, Golden, CO (US); and Robert Proctor, Lakewood, CO (US)
Assigned to Medivance Incorporated, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Medivance Incorporated, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/933,710.
Application 16/933,710 is a continuation of application No. 16/189,055, filed on Nov. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,729,578, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Application 16/189,055 is a continuation of application No. 15/431,489, filed on Feb. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,123,902, issued on Nov. 13, 2018.
Application 15/431,489 is a continuation of application No. 12/250,320, filed on Oct. 13, 2008, granted, now 9,566,185, issued on Feb. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/979,760, filed on Oct. 12, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2020/0345538 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61F 7/0085 (2013.01) [A61F 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61F 2007/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0086 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0093 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0096 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient temperature control system, comprising:
a user interface including a user interface screen;
a programmable control module in communication with the user interface, the programmable control module configured to automatically control a temperature of a thermal exchange medium of the patient temperature control system; and
a sensor providing an output signal to the programmable control module, the output signal comprising a measured patient temperature and a measured temperature of the thermal exchange medium,
the programmable control module configured to receive a programmed protocol comprising:
a plurality of phases that are successive and non-overlapping in time, wherein target patient temperature data and phase duration data are stored for each of the corresponding plurality of phases; and
numerical phase-based information including a phase-based target patient temperature and phase duration data set for each of the plurality of phases,
wherein an interactive region of the user interface screen is provided for:
receiving user input to establish and to modify each phase-based target patient temperature and phase duration data set for each given phase of the plurality of phases of the programmed protocol; and
receiving user input to establish patient temperature alarm condition data for each of the plurality of phases of the programmed protocol and measured thermal exchange medium temperature alarm condition data for each of the plurality of phases of the programmed protocol.