Portable therapeutic system using hot or cold temperature
OwnerBehrouz Benyaminpour, Jim Benjamin +1inventors
InventorsBehrouz Benyaminpour, Jim Benjamin, Ramin Benjamin
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system which employs a cooling or heating pad which is preferably a thin, flexible pad for placement at an intended area of the body. The pad includes a layer of highly conductive material which can be cooled or heated using a portable source of heat or cold material delivered to the conductive material by a delivery conduit. Valves can be included to regulate flow of the cooling or heating material from the source to the pad. The system can also include a dual-chambered canister for containing two different media for heating, cooling or for alternating heating and cooling the pad.
Claims13
A portable heating or cooling pad system for applying hot or cold temperature to an area of a body in need of treatment using hot or cold temperature, said system comprising:
- a) a thin, flexible pad comprising a layer of highly efficient temperature-conductive material surrounded by flexible, porous substrate layers, the temperature-conductive material being heated or cooled by an external heating or cooling medium, deliverable to the temperature-conductive material through a delivery port engaged, connected, affixed or integral therewith, wherein the heating or cooling pad is capable of receiving the cooling or heating medium while the pad is in use on the body and wherein the porous substrate layers surrounding the temperature-conductive layer form a bladder containing a gel composition which retains heat or cold and allow for dissemination of the cooling or heating medium, the pad having an attachment means for positioning the pad in a fixed position in relation to the area of the body;
- b) a detachable delivery conduit for delivering the heating or cooling medium from a source to the temperature-conductive material;
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- c) a portable source of cooling or heating medium within a container, said medium being deliverable to the temperature-conductive material by the removable delivery conduit, as desired, to cool or heat the temperature-conductive material and pad for use;
- wherein the temperature-conductive material and pad is cooled or heated at the site of use without requiring removal of the pad or without requiring continuous circulation of the medium from the source to the pad during use.
A method of providing heat or cold therapy to an area of a body, said method comprising:
- a) providing a thin, flexible pad comprising a layer of highly efficient temperature-conductive material surrounded by flexible, porous substrate layers, the temperature-conductive material being heated or cooled by an external heating or cooling medium, deliverable to the temperature-conductive material through a delivery port engaged, connected, affixed or integral therewith, wherein the heating or cooling pad is capable of receiving the cooling or heating medium while the pad is in use on the body and wherein the porous substrate layers surrounding the temperature-conductive layer form a bladder containing a gel composition which retains heat or cold and allow for dissemination of the cooling or heating medium, the pad having an attachment means for positioning the pad in a fixed position in relation to the area of the body;
- b) applying the pad to the area of the body in need of heat or cold therapy;
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- c) cooling or heating the temperature-conductive material using a cooling or heating medium from an external source to cool or heat the temperature-conductive material and thereby cool or heat the pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.