Hot or cold compress with bladder enclosure

Details Hot or cold compress with bladder enclosure Hot or cold compress with bladder enclosure

1985-02-19

1987-02-24

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material applied to or removed from external...

128403, 128DIG15, A61M 3500

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046454985

ABSTRACT:
A compress capable of delivering hot or cold, wet or dry temperature treatment to a person's body. The compress is formed from a pair of rectangularly shaped waterproof panels which are joined together around their peripheries to form a hollow space therebetween. One of said panels has an elongated opening to allow for the introduction of ice, hot water, a wet towel or the like and also carries a closure flap for closing the opening. The other panel has a portion thereof formed of a porous fabric material so that liquid from within the hollow space can seep therethrough. Located within the hollow space is a flexible waterproof bladder which also has an opening adjacent the opening in the panel. If a dry compress is desired, the bladder is expanded to fill the space between the panels and is filled with ice or hot water. If a wet compress is desired, the bladder is rolled or folded out of the way and ice or a hot wet towel is placed directly into the space between the panels. The compress can be wrapped around a person's leg or arm and held in place with Velcro fasteners carried by the panels.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3628537 (1971-12-01), Berndt et al.
patent: 3834396 (1974-09-01), Foster
patent: 4055188 (1977-10-01), Pelton
patent: 4527566 (1985-07-01), Abare
Catalog Cut, "Healthcore", OmniPak, Baka Manufacturing Co., Plainville, Mass., 6/1982, avail.

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