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US 10,085,879 B2Granted
Heat treatment device
AssigneeEmpire Technology Development LLC
InventorKevin Anthony Pezzi
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Abstract
A heat treatment device with a handle portion, a tip portion, a power source, and a heating element. The tip portion is heatable to a desired temperature and can be positioned against an affected area for therapeutic treatment. The device can also have control circuitry that can adjust a current flowing to the heating element to regulate the treatment temperature.
Claims14
A heat treatment device for therapeutically treating an affected area of a patient using heat, the heat treatment device comprising:
- a body comprising a handle portion, a rigid tip portion coupled to the handle portion, and a fluid channel extending through the handle portion to the rigid tip portion such that the handle portion is in fluid communication with the rigid tip portion, wherein the rigid tip portion being configured to be removable and replaceable with one of a plurality of rigid tip portions of different shapes and sizes;
- a power source supported by the body, wherein an interior of the fluid channel being at least partially rifled and being configured to impart a preferential radial spread to a fluid disposed within the fluid channel;
- at least one heating element disposed in the handle portion, the at least one heating element being in electrical communication with the power source such that the at least one heating element is configured to heat a fluid disposed within the fluid channel;
- a pump supported by the handle portion, the pump being configured to urge fluid through the fluid channel from the handle portion into the rigid tip portion of the heat treatment device;
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- a control circuitry supported by the body of the heat treatment device, the control circuitry being configured to:
- automatically recognize a particular rigid tip portion having a particular size and a particular shape through an electronic identifier, wherein the electronic identifier is placed in the rigid tip portion and recognizable by the control circuitry;
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- adjust a current flowing to the at least one heating element when the heat treatment device is in use, wherein the at least one heating element is configured to heat a fluid disposed in the fluid channel of the handle portion and the pump is configured to facilitate transfer of the fluid into the recognized particular rigid tip portion of the heat treatment device to heat the recognized particular rigid tip portion to a desired temperature.
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