Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – With light – thermal – or electrical application
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-26
2005-07-26
Lewis, Kim M. (Department: 3743)
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
With light, thermal, or electrical application
C602S042000, C607S096000, C607S108000, C607S112000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06921374
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for treating tissue in a tissue treatment area includes a heater that does not contact the tissue. The apparatus may be attached to the skin of a person to form a treatment volume about the tissue to be treated. The heater, supported at the layer, is held near the tissue to be treated, out of contact with the tissue. The apparatus includes a controller to cause the heater to raise the temperature of tissue in the tissue treatment area to a temperature in a range from a pretreatment temperature to 38° C. The controller may include means that cause the heater to operate over a therapeutic sequence, that cycle the heater on and off, that provide selectable average temperature values, that cause the heater to operate over an average temperature range, that cause the heater to operate at an average temperature over a therapy cycle, or that cause the heater to operate at an average temperature over a therapeutic sequence.
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Meador Terrance A.
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