Moist heat delivery therapy device with a multi-layer laminate structure
AssigneeBruder Healthcare Company, LLC
InventorMark H. BRUDER
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Abstract
A therapeutic device such as an eye mask for delivery of moist heat therapy to a body part such as an eye of a human or animal subject. Example devices are configured to be worn with one or more eye coverage portions positioned over the subject's eye(s). The eye coverage portions have a front side configured for placement against the treated body part, and a back side opposite the front side. A moisture barrier material positioned at or adjacent the back side substantially prevents moisture from escaping from the back side and directs moist heat delivery through the front side and toward the body part to be treated.
Claims27
An eye mask configured to deliver moist heat therapy to at least one eye of a patient, the eye mask comprising:
- at least one eye coverage portion;
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- at least one securing strap affixed to the eye coverage portion;
- wherein the at least one eye coverage portion comprises an enclosure containing a fill material configured to absorb and release moisture, a moisture-permeable material at least partially surrounding and containing the fill material, and a moisture-impermeable material configured to at least partially prevent moisture transmission from the fill material in a first direction, whereby moisture from the fill material is substantially directed toward the patient in a second direction generally opposite the first direction.
An eye compress for delivery of moist heat to a patient, the eye compress comprising:
- at least one enclosure containing a fill material capable of absorbing and releasing moist heat for therapeutic delivery to the patient, the enclosure having a first side and an opposite second side, with the fill material disposed between the first side and the second side, and wherein the first side is configured for application to a body portion of the patient;
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- a moisture barrier positioned along the second side, whereby moist heat is delivered from the fill material in a first direction toward and through the first side, and whereby moist heat is substantially prevented from transmission from the fill material in a second direction toward the second side.
A method of providing moist heat therapy to a body part of a human or animal subject, the method comprising:
- providing a therapeutic device comprising a first side, a second side, and a hydrophilic fill material contained between the first and second sides, the first side at least partially comprising a moisture-transmissive material allowing passage of moisture therethrough for absorption and release into and from the fill material, and the second side at least partially comprising a moisture-impermeable material substantially preventing passage of moisture therethrough.
The method of claim 24, wherein the heat source is a microwave heating device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.