Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Thermal applicators
Patent
1995-03-08
1998-07-07
Lacyk, John P.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Thermal applicators
128890, A61F 200
Patent
active
057761779
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a C-shaped thermal heat pack for heating the female breast during post partum nursing and, more particularly, to a thermal heat pack which readily conforms to the contours of different sized female breasts to provide therapeutic heat to an adjacent breast to reduce swelling and irritation. The present invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a bendable thermal heat unit which assumes a cup or cone shape upon application to the breast. The present invention adjusts and conforms to various sizes of the female breasts to which it is to be applied. The present invention provides a layered conformable member with a C-shape having a selected indentation to permit formation of various sized rounded conical cups. A centrally located hole is provided for insertion of a nipple therethrough.
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Flents, "Breast Comfort Pack", Oct., 1996 Advertisement.
MacWhinnie John V.
MacWhinnie Virginia
Lacyk John P.
Walker Alfred M.
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