High Speed Blood and Transfusion Equipment

Abstract

Many patients become hypothermic after severe injury due to environmental exposure during transportation and during resuscitation efforts following trauma. A portable fluid infusion warmer prototype has been designed, built and refined for administering fluid or blood components into the body at or above body temperature of 37 degrees Celsius to avoid hypothermia. This proof-of-concept device incorporates a high density thermal battery technology to allow for rapid fluid warming in the absence of external power sources. The device is capable of heating 1 liter of fluid from 4 to 37 degree Celsius at infusion rates from 2 - 200 mL/min utilizing thermal battery system or operated indefinitely on AC power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 14, 2013
Accession Number
ADA622211

Entities

People

  • John Fildes
  • Kaveh Khalili
  • Ryan Hoffmann
  • Timothy D. Browder
  • Uwe Rockenfeller

Organizations

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Circuit Boards
  • Climate Change
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Performance Tests
  • Specific Heat
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.