Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Thermal applicators
Patent
1998-02-06
2000-03-07
O'Connor, Cary
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Thermal applicators
607104, 607108, 607114, 5421, A61F 700
Patent
active
060334320
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for supporting a human or animal body, while selectively cooling weight-bearing areas of the body in order to prevent or reduce damage from ischemia includes a cooling layer that is partitioned into a plurality of zones, and a surface disposed over the cooling layer to support the body. Each zone of the cooling layer is disposed for cooling a respective portion of the surface. Means are provided to selectively operate one or more zones of the plurality of the zones to cool a portion of the surface that receives pressure from a weight-bearing surface of the body being supported.
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Arnold Randall C.
Augustine Scott D.
Iaizzo Paul Anthony
Johnson Paul Steven
Sparrow Ephraim M.
Augustine Medical, Inc.
Carter Ryan
O'Connor Cary
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