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 rechargeable with hot or cold temperatures at an intended area of the body. The pad includes a highly temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive material which can be cooled or heated using a portable source of heat or cold material delivered to the pad by a removable 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.
Claims8
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 consisting of:
- a) a pad comprising a housing having an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion forming a chamber bounding a temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet, wherein the upper housing portion is an outer cover having an entry port for receiving heating or cooling medium, and a receiving conduit having a distal portion extending within the chamber and a proximal portion extending through the entry port, the receiving conduit further comprising a plurality of exit ports on its distal portion and positioned proximate to the temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet allowing for delivery and dispersal of the heating or cooling medium to the temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet and wherein the lower housing portion is configured to expose a skin-contacting face of the temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet for contacting the skin of the user;
- b) a portable source of cooling or heating medium within a container, said cooling or heating medium being deliverable, as desired, to the connecting conduit and temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet by
- c) a detachable delivery conduit for delivering the heating or cooling medium from the portable source to the receiving conduit of the pad and thereby the temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet within the pad to cool or heat the temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet and pad for use;
- wherein the temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet is cooled or heated at the applied area of the body without requiring removal of the pad or without requiring continuous circulation of the medium from the source to the pad during use.
A heating or cooling pad for applying hot or cold temperature to an area of a body in need of treatment or therapy using hot or cold temperature, said pad comprising a housing having an upper housing portion and a lower housing, wherein the upper housing portion and lower housing portion form a chamber bounding a temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet, wherein the lower housing portion is configured to expose a skin-contacting face of the temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet for contacting the skin of the user and the upper housing portion is an outer cover having an entry port, and a receiving conduit having a distal portion extending within the chamber and a proximal portion extending through the entry port, the receiving conduit further comprising a plurality of exit ports on its distal portion and positioned proximate to the temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet allowing for delivery and dispersal of a heating or cooling medium to the temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet while the pad is in use on the body so that the temperature-conductive or temperature-retentive gel packet is cooled or heated at the applied area of the body without requiring removal of the pad or without requiring continuous circulation of the medium from the source to the pad during use.
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