A bursitis treatment device (100; 200) for treatment of inflammation of a bursa (150; 502) in a patient's joint includes: a rinsing aid; a reservoir (101; 201) for holding the rinsing aid in fluid, freezing fluid or gaseous state; a supply line (103; 204, 208) for transporting the rinsing aid; a heat exchanger (104; 203) for controlling the temperature of the rinsing aid—such that the temperature of the rinsing aid enables to destroy cells causing the inflammation; an access device (209) for injecting the rinsing aid into the bursa (150; 205); and a drain (105; 210) for removing the rinsing aid from the bursa (150; 205) for elimination.

An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus (1) comprising a control unit (10) connectable to a blood warming device (200). The apparatus (1) comprises: an extracorporeal blood circuit (100) and at least one infusion line (15, 21, 25) connected to the extracorporeal blood circuit (100). A control unit (10) is configured to execute the following procedure: receiving a first value representative of a desired blood temperature (T.sub.des) at an end (70) of a blood return line (7) configured to be connected to a venous vascular access of a patient (P); receiving at least a first signal relating to at least a flow rate (Q.sub.PBP, Q.sub.REP1, Q.sub.REP2) of an infusion fluid in the at least one infusion line (15, 21, 25); calculating a set point value of an operating parameter (T.sub.OUT; P.sub.w) to be imposed on the warming device (200) configured to heat a blood heating zone (H) of the extracorporeal blood circuit (100) in order to maintain the desired blood temperature (T.sub.des) at the end (70) of the blood return line (7). The set point is calculated based on input parameters comprising: at least the first value representative of the desired blood temperature (T.sub.des) and at least one selected in the group of: the first signal (Q.sub.REP1, Q.sub.PBP, Q.sub.REP2) and a second value representative of a temperature (T.sub.REP1, T.sub.PBP, T.sub.REP2) of the at least one infusion fluid in the at least one infusion line (15, 21, 25).

An infusion pump system is disclosed. The infusion pump system includes an infusion pump and a controller device in wireless communication with the infusion pump, wherein the controller including instructions for controlling the infusion pump, wherein the instructions may be synchronized with a secure web portal.

A fluid warming device for an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, comprises: an outlet temperature sensor (31) operatively active at an outlet (22) of a fluid warming path (23) to detect a measured outlet temperature (To) of a fluid leaving the fluid warming device (18); an electronic control unit (29) operatively connected to the outlet temperature sensor (31). The electronic control unit (29) is configured to perform the following procedure: receiving, from the outlet temperature sensor (31) a signal correlated to a measured outlet temperature (To); correcting the measured outlet temperature (To) through a correction model to obtain an actual fluid outlet temperature (Tout); adjusting a heating power (Ph) of heating elements to keep the actual fluid outlet temperature (Tout) at a set reference temperature value (Tset). The correction model is an empirical model of a measurement error (E) derived from a plurality of experimental data sets, the measurement error (E) being a difference between the measured outlet temperature (To) and the actual fluid outlet temperature (Tout).

The invention relates to a respiratory device (10) for the artificial respiration of a patient (12), comprising: —a respiration gas source assembly (15, 62), —a flow-changing device (16), —a humidifier device (38) which is designed to increase the value of the absolute humidity of the inspiratory respiration gas flow (AF), said humidifier device (38) having a liquid store (40) and an evaporation device (76) with a variable output for this purpose, —a respiration gas line assembly (30), —a proximal temperature sensor (48) which detects the temperature of the respiration gas flow (AF) in the proximal longitudinal end region (30a) of the respiration gas line assembly (30), —a humidity sensor assembly (66) which directly or indirectly detects the absolute humidity of the inspiratory respiration gas flow (AF), —a flow sensor (44), and —a controller (18) which is designed to control the operational output of the evaporation device (76)

Provided is an aerosol generation device that suppresses the effect that errors in the production of structural elements have on the accuracy with which shortage of an aerosol source is detected. An aerosol generation device that comprises: a power source; a load that has a temperature-variable electrical resistance value and atomizes an aerosol source by generating heat due to supply of power from the power source; a first circuit that is used for the load to atomize the aerosol source; a second circuit that is connected in parallel to the first circuit, has a higher electrical resistance value than the first circuit, and is used to detect voltage that changes as a result of changes in the temperature of the load; an acquisition part that acquires the value of voltage that is applied to the second circuit and the load; and sensors that output the value of the voltage that changes as a result of changes in the temperature of the load.

Systems and methods for generating nitric oxide are disclosed. A nitic oxide (NO) generation system includes at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing NO from a flow of a reactant gas; and a controller configured to regulate the amount of nitric oxide in the product gas produced by the at least one pair of electrodes by utilizing duty cycle values of plasma pulses selected from a plurality of discrete duty cycles to produce a target rate of NO production based on an average of discrete production rates associated with each of the plurality of discrete duty cycles.

Dew point sensor system contains-a controller with dew point calculator, ambient temperature sensor, air pathway, heater plate, external wire. Ambient temperature sensor generates ambient temperature data, operatively-connected to controller. Air pathway contains blower within air pathway, air flow sensor within air pathway, liquid reservoir operatively-connected to air pathway, and component may be air pathway temperature sensor and/or breathing circuit heating element. Blower causes air to move in air pathway (52), air flow sensor generates air flow data about air moving in air pathway. The heater plate contains heater plate temperature sensor, and heater plate temperature sensor generates heater plate temperature data. External wire is operatively-connected to controller and component. Ambient temperature sensor located on the external wire. Heater plate and the heater plate temperature sensor operatively-connected to the controller receiving ambient temperature data, air flow data, and heater plate temperature data to calculate target heater plate temperature, based on dew point temperature.

A temperature compensation flow-limiting device are provided. The temperature compensation flow-limiting device is disposed in the infusion tube of the elastomeric infusion system to improve instability, caused by changes to temperature, of the flow velocity of the fluid inside the infusion tube to keep the flow velocity of the fluid stable. The temperature compensation flow-limiting device includes an inner layer and an outer layer; the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the inner layer is greater than that of the outer layer. When the temperature of the fluid inside the infusion tube increases, the inner layer expands and the internal diameter decreases as it is limited by the outer layer.

A medical liquid injection device may include a pump module, a pivot fitting, at least one sensor, and a processor. The pump module may include a shaft configured to perform a linear reciprocating movement along one direction. The pivot fitting may include a first end connected to the shaft and a second end configured to perform a rotational reciprocating movement by the linear reciprocating movement. The at least one sensor may obtain contact time information on a time at which at least one sensor comes into contact with the second end. The processor may calculate a driving time of the pump module using the contact time information and determine occurrence of occlusion of the medical liquid injection device on the basis of the driving time.