Shoulder conformal therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger
OwnerWilliam Elkinsinventor
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Abstract
A shoulder component is described for an animate body heat exchanger, which shoulder component has both a compliant bladder for confining a heat exchange medium and a gas pressure bladder which overlies such heat exchange bladder. The shoulder component includes a harness arrangement which connects to a standard waist belt to facilitate maintaining such shoulder component in position on the shoulder of a wearer. It also includes a alteration adjustment in the form of a flap and relief to enable minor configuration adjustments as necessary to assure good thermal contact.
Claims20
A conformal therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger for applying a desired treatment to an animate body portion that has a configuration which varies somewhat among differing individuals, said therapy component comprising the combination of:
- A. a compliant bladder designed to confine a heat exchange medium, configured to fit the typical shape of such an animate body portion;
- and
- B. a configuration altering adjustment associated with said compliant bladder and positioned relative thereto to enable one to alter the configuration of said bladder as desired:
A conformal therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger for applying a desired treatment to an animate body part that has a configuration which varies somewhat between individuals, said therapy component comprising the combination of:
- A. a compliant bladder designed to confine a heat exchange medium, configured to fit the typical shape of such an animate body portion in good thermal conductive relationship thereto;
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- B. a connector as part of said therapy component designed to engage a separate connection positionable on said animate body, to aid in holding said therapy component in place at said body portion.
The conformal therapy component of claim 14 wherein said connector is a strap.
A conformal therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger for applying a desired treatment to an animate body portion that has a configuration which varies somewhat among differing individuals, said therapy component comprising the combination of:
- A. a compliant bladder designed to confine a heat exchange medium, configured to fit the typical shape of such an animate body portion in good thermal conductive relationship thereto;
- B. a configuration altering adjustment associated with said compliant bladder and positioned relative thereto to enable one to alter the configuration of said bladder as desired, said adjustment being designed to enable the configuration of said bladder to be altered as necessary to fit the shape of an animate body portion of an individual and having two parts, a first one of which is designed to maintain a desired configuration alteration and a second one of which is designed to facilitate achieving a desired alteration aspects of said component.
- C. a compliant gas pressure bladder overlaying at least a portion of the heat exchange medium bladder to direct gas pressure against said heat exchange medium bladder and press the same toward said body portion, said configuration altering adjustment being associated with both of said compliant bladders and positioned relative to the same to enable one to alter the configuration together of said bladders as desired;
- D. a connector as part of said component designed to engage a separate connection positionable on said animate body, to aid in holding said component in place at said body portion, said connector being designed to maintain said compliant bladder in good thermally conductive relationship with said body portion when it engages said separate connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.