Medicated wrap
OwnerMorton I Hysoninventor
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Abstract
A device for treating pain in an injured body member includes a wrap having an interior section which can be loaded with medicament. The wrap also includes at least one inwardly extending nodule adapted to exert pressure on and compress a specific area of the injured member, having acupressure like effect in producing pain relief. The wrap has adjustable means for fastening the wrap around the body member, thereby enabling the wearer to extent a specific amount of pressure on the nodule to achieve the desired results. The combination of restricted movement imparted by the wrap along with the medicament and acupressure affords the wearer more rapid pain relief than any of the treatments applied separately.
Claims42
A device to be disposed around a body portion of a person for treating pain in said body portion comprising
- a wrap having an interior surface for contacting the body portion, and adapted to be disposed around the body portion,
- said wrap being sufficiently elastic to enable the wrap to be stretched around the body portion to restrict the mobility of the body portion,
- at least one pad section secured to an interior section of the wrap, each pad section adapted to be loaded with medicament,
- at least one nodule extending inwardly from the interior surface of the wrap and adapted to contact and exert pressure at a desired specific location on the body portion, and
- means for tightening and adjustably securing the wrap about the body portion, whereby tightening of the wrap causes medicament to exert pressure on and dispense medicament to the area of plain, and to cause the nodule to exert pressure upon the body portion.
A method of relieving pain in a body portion comprising extending a flexible wrap around the body portion, said wrap having a pad section loaded with medicament and at least one substantially rigid nodule extending inwardly and adapted to contract at least one pre-located acupressure point near the area of the pain,
- locating the nodule above the acupressure point,
- and tightening and adjustably securing the wrap such that mobility of the body portion is decreased, pressure is exerted by the nodule on the desired acupressure point, and medicament is dispensed to the are of pain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.