Thermal packs for therapeutic treatment
AssigneeGioco Limited
InventorMike Saggers
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Abstract
A thermal pack (10) and associated control system (32, 44) for the therapeutic treatment of a mammal. The pack (10) is made from a flexible, heat conductive, liquid impermeable material and has an inlet (18) through which fluid can be transferred into the pack (10), a passageway through which fluid can flow and an outlet (20) through which fluid may be removed from the pack (10). The passageway within the pack (10) also has a separator element (22) that forms a track (22, 24) along which the fluid can flow and keeps the walls of the pack (1) spaced apart so that the fluid flow is not restricted if the pack (10) is flexed in use.
Claims19
A thermal pack for therapeutic treatment of a mammal, the pack comprising:
- a flexible, heat conductive liquid impermeable bladder having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the bladder comprising a pair of superposed sheets secured together so as to provide a fluid passageway within the bladder;
- and
- a separator device within the fluid passageway and extending continuously throughout the fluid flow passageway, the separator device being secured by one or more studs to one or both of the superposed sheets and being otherwise unattached along its length to either one of the sheets;
- wherein the separator device comprises a multiplicity of discrete spaced-apart islands unattached to either one of the sheets and configured to provide a continuous and tortuous fluid flow path throughout the fluid passageway;
- the separator device comprising a structure or framework that prevents the fluid passageway from collapsing and maintains the superposed sheets in spaced apart relationship so as to maintain fluid flow through the pack when the pack is flexed, in use, out of the plane of the superposed sheets.
A thermal pack for therapeutic treatment of a mammal, the pack comprising:
- a flexible, heat conductive liquid impermeable bladder having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the bladder comprising a pair of superposed sheets secured together so as to provide a fluid passageway within the bladder;
- and
- a separator device within the fluid passageway and extending continuously throughout the fluid flow passageway, the separator device being secured by one or more studs to one or both of the superposed sheets and being otherwise unattached along its length to either one of the sheets;
- wherein the separator device is configured to provide a continuous and tortuous fluid flow path throughout the fluid passageway, the separator device comprising a structure or framework that prevents the fluid passageway from collapsing and maintains the superposed sheets in spaced apart relationship so as to maintain fluid flow through the pack when the pack is flexed, in use, out of the plane of the superposed sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.