Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – With light – thermal – or electrical application
Patent
1993-12-13
1995-07-11
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
With light, thermal, or electrical application
602 52, 602 54, 602 79, 602 43, 602 41, 602 96, 602108, 602114, 602113, A61L 1500, A61F 700
Patent
active
054316227
ABSTRACT:
A thermal bandage apparatus for simultaneously dressing and thermally treating a wounded bodily area includes a fluid absorbent member having a wound contacting surface for absorbing bodily fluids produced by an open wound and holding means adjacent and connected to the fluid absorbent member for holding a thermal medium against the fluid absorbent member such that heat is transferred between the thermal medium and the open wound by thermal conduction through the fluid absorbent member. There is also disclosed an arrangement for providing a continuous supply of heat or cold to a wound.
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Pyrozyk Ronald R.
Sharp Steve R.
Apley Richard J.
Meindl Beverly A.
Okanagan House Inc.
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