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US 2014/0277220 A1Published application
Heated garment for medical applications
AssigneeBirch Tree Medical, Inc.
InventorsPatrick Brennan, Anthony K. Iacobucci
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Abstract
A patient-treatment system and related method provide relief from, and treatment for, muscle spasticity disorders, Willis-Ekbom disease, contracture, sleep onset insomnia, sleep maintenance insomnia, rheumatoid arthritis, and other similar disorders by applying controlled heat, and optionally muscle monitoring/stimulation, to one or more parts of a patient's body.
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A patient-treatment system, comprising:
- a wearable garment;
- at least one heating element, coupled to the garment, for applying heat to a body portion of a wearer of the garment to elicit a response that diminishes symptoms of a condition suffered by the wearer;
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- wearer-controllable circuitry for adjusting the heat output by the heating element, thereby allowing the wearer to self-treat the condition, the circuitry being further configured to prompt the wearer to accept an automatic scheduling of a therapeutic regimen based on information learned from instructions input by the wearer.
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A method of treating a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- applying heat to a body portion of the patient via at least one heating element coupled to a garment worn by the patient, the heat eliciting a response that diminishes symptoms of a condition suffered by the patient, the condition selected from the group consisting of spasticity, Willis-Ekbom disease, contracture, sleep onset insomnia, and sleep maintenance insomnia.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.