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US 2017/0360541 A1Published application
Equine cryotherapy boot
OwnerSusan B. Orr, Joan C. Garibaldiinventors
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an equine therapy boot and methods of attaching the equine therapy boot to a lower extremity of a horse leg and hoof. The equine therapy boot includes an upper portion and a lower portion and an attachment means for securing the upper portion to the lower portion. The upper portion includes a fluid containment area for holding a thermal control fluid in proximity to a portion of the horse leg selected to receive treatment.
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A thermal equine boot comprising:
- a sleeve comprising an outer layer to encircle a lower portion of an equine leg, the sleeve comprising a fastening device along a longitudinal seam for removeably closing the seam;
- a fluid chamber formed between the outer layer and the lower portion of the equine leg;
- a fill port to introduce a thermal control fluid into the fluid chamber;
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- a support structure to secure the thermal equine boot to the equine leg in a fashion that allows.
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A method of providing thermal treatment to a horse leg, the method comprising the steps of:
- securing an upper portion or an equine therapy boot around a portion of a horse leg selected to receive treatment;
- securing a lower portion or an equine therapy boot around a hoof corresponding with the portion of the horse leg to receive treatment;
- securing the lower portion to the upper portion;
- sealing a thermal control fluid in a containment area in the upper portion of the equine thermal therapy boot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.