Devices and methods for therapeutic heat treatment
AssigneeCarewave, Inc.
InventorsCharles Chabal, Peter J. Dunbar
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Abstract
Devices and methods for providing therapeutic heating are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a device body configured to provide heat to a portion of skin. The device body also includes a low-level heating region and a high-level heating area. The low-level heating region provides a continuous amount of heat at a first temperature, and the high-level heating area provides an intermittent amount of heat at a second temperature greater than the first temperature.
Claims18
A method of applying heat to a living body, the method comprising:
- applying a constant heat to a first area of the body by a first heating elementat a first temperature;
- and
- applying intermittent heat to a second area of the body by a second heating element at a second temperature greater than the first temperature, wherein at least one cycle of the intermittent heat is applied during applying the constant heat.
A method of exciting thermal receptors in a living organism, the method comprising:
- heating a first portion of skin with a generally constant heat at a first temperature;
- and
- heating a second portion of skin with a burst of heat at a second temperature above the first temperature, wherein the burst of heat starts and ends while heating the first portion of skin with the generally constant heat.
A device for providing therapeutic heat, the device comprising:
- a device body configured to provide heat to a portion of skin;
- a low-level heating region of the device body, wherein the low-level heating region provides a continuous heat at a first temperature;
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- a high-level heating region of the device body, wherein the high-level heating region provides an intermittent heat at a second temperature greater than the first temperature, wherein the high-level heating region provides the intermittent heat for a shorter duration of time than the continuous heat, and wherein the high-level heating region provides the intermittent heat during application of the continuous heat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.