Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Thermal applicators
Patent
1993-08-12
1994-12-13
Sykes, Angela D.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Thermal applicators
607111, 607112, A61F 700
Patent
active
053726081
ABSTRACT:
An improved therapeutic device for applying cooling to a body joint to speed healing comprises a reservoir of chilled fluid connected to a container in heat conducting relation with the joint to be chilled by supply and return lines. Fluid is continually recirculated by convection, employing the thermosiphon principle, such that the fluid is recirculated by energy provided by the patient's body heat. Check valves may be provided in one or both of the supply and return lines, preventing reverse flow, and also so that motion of a patient's body joint within the container further motivates the recirculating flow.
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de Angeli Michael M.
Sykes Angela D.
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