US 12,011,388 B2Granted

Therapeutic thermal compress with phase-change material

AssigneeThe Hilsinger Company Parent, LLC

InventorsMark H. Bruder, Rodney L. Dobson

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Abstract

A therapeutic device such as an eye mask or compress for delivery of moist heat therapy to a body part such as an eye of a human or animal subject. Example devices are configured to be worn with one or more eye coverage portions positioned over the subject's eye(s). The eye coverage portions have a front side configured for placement against the treated body part, and a back side opposite the front side. The eye coverage portions include recesses or retracted sections configured to be positioned over the wearer's cornea area. The shell of the eye coverage portions may further incorporate antimicrobial properties. Heat transfer mediums or fill materials can include hydrophilic zeolite, silica gel, and/or one or more phase change materials so as to provide controlled performance characteristics.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An eye compress configured to deliver moist heat therapy to at least one eye area of a patient, the eye compress comprising:

at least one eye coverage portion having a front side and an opposite back side, wherein the front side is configured for contact with the patient's body when the eye compress is worn;
and
at least one securing strap affixed to the at least one eye coverage portion;
wherein the at least one eye coverage portion at least partially comprises a moisture-permeable antimicrobial material and a fill material, the fill material being enclosed within the moisture-permeable antimicrobial material, whereby the fill material is configured to absorb and release moisture through the moisture-permeable antimicrobial material and deliver moist heat therapy to the at least one eye area of the patient, and wherein the fill material at least partially comprises a phase change material, the fill material being loosely contained within the moisture-permeable antimicrobial material.

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Facts

Application: 16/924,367Filed 9 Jul 2020 · continuation in part
Priority: 1 Mar 2016
Published: US 2020/0337893 A129 Oct 2020
Granted: 18 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

A61F 7/02
Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body: compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
A61F 7/10
Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body: cooling bags, e.g. ice-bags
A61F 2007/0004
Head or parts thereof: eyes or part of the face surrounding the eyes
A61F 2007/0011
Throat or neck: neck only

Family

Application62/301,999Us provisional application · filed 1 Mar 2016
Application62/430,430Us provisional application · filed 6 Dec 2016
Application15/443,199Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 27 Feb 2017
Application62/548,774Us provisional application · filed 22 Aug 2017
Application62/591,929Us provisional application · filed 29 Nov 2017
Application16/107,200Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 21 Aug 2018
Application16/202,879Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Nov 2018
Application16/366,310Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 27 Mar 2019
Application62/871,801Us provisional application · filed 9 Jul 2019
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