Therapeutic boot for applying heat or cold to the leg of a horse

Details Therapeutic boot for applying heat or cold to the leg of a horse Therapeutic boot for applying heat or cold to the leg of a horse

1991-12-20

1992-10-06

Shapiro, Paul E.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

54 82, A61F 700

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active

051522853

ABSTRACT:
A boot system for selectively applying heat or cold to the lower portion of the leg of a horse for therapeutic purposes. There is a U-shaped inner boot portion positioned over the lower portion of the leg at a front portion thereof. The inner boot portion has a leather front panel with a pair of side panels extending from the front panel. It is lined with the fabric portion of a touch fastener material and has hook portion on the outer surface of the side panels. There is also a leather covered U-shaped outer boot portion positioned over the back of the leg with a pair of side panels overlapping the pair of side panels of the inner boot portion and lined with a fabric portion of the touch fastener material in releasable engagement with the hook portion on the outer surface of the pair of side panels of the inner boot portion. A plurality of pockets each having a hook portion of the touch fastener material on a surface thereof are releasably attached to the fabric portion of the touch fastener material at a point where heat or cold is to be applied to the lower portion of the leg. A plurality of gel-filled hot/cold packs are disposed within respective ones of the pockets.

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