Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Thermal applicators
Patent
1992-12-23
1994-08-09
Graham, Mark S.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Thermal applicators
607114, A61F 700
Patent
active
053362497
ABSTRACT:
A portable body heating/cooling system and method of use are provided for thermal treatment of selected body portions such as joints, muscles and the like, a reservoir being insulated for containing hot/cold fluid, an elongated and flexible thermal pad having one surface formed by conductive and flexible tubular conduits for conforming to the selected body portion and for producing thermal treatment by the flow of fluid through the tubular conduits, the tubular conduits being connected with the reservoir by non-collapsible supply and return tubes, and a pump preferably battery operated and preferably located in the reservoir for continually circulating fluid from the reservoir through the tubular conduits and back to the reservoir, the thermal pad being equipped with a retainer for securing the thermal pad in contact with the selected body portion, the supply and return tubes preferably being accordion-like in configuration to assure constant circulation of fluid through the thermal pad, the conduit also preferably being corrugated.
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Bucher John A.
Graham Mark S.
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