Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Thermal applicators
Patent
1997-03-21
2000-07-04
O'Connor, Cary
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Thermal applicators
607108, 607112, 607114, A61F 700
Patent
active
060832541
ABSTRACT:
A family of reusable hot/cold therapeutic compress appliances for application to a large number of different treated areas on the body of a patient, each member of the family being dimensioned to receive an integral number of standardly sized and dimensioned pouches containing a heat absorbing material. Individual compress appliances of the family comprise at least one sealed pouch containing a heat absorbing material contained within a sleeve comprising a relatively heat-conductive patient-contact surface, an adjacent outer adherent surface, and an insulant disposed between the sealed pouch and the outer adherent layer to reduce heat transfer occurring away from the patient-contact surface. Attachment means associated with the sleeve are co-operatively configured so as to releasably adhere to any location on the outer adherent surface, allowing the patient using the compress appliance to select a location of adherence that may provide a safe and therapeutic compressive loading.
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Barrigar Robert H.
Carter Ryan
O'Connor Cary
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