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US 2020/0337893 A1Published application
Therapeutic thermal compress with phase-change material
AssigneeBruder Healthcare Company, LLC
InventorsMark H. BRUDER, Rodney L. DOBSON
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AssigneeBruder Healthcare Company, LLC
InventorsMark H. BRUDER, Rodney L. DOBSON
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A therapeutic device such as an eye mask or compress 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. The eye coverage portions include recesses or retracted sections configured to be positioned over the wearer's cornea area. The shell of the eye coverage portions may further incorporate antimicrobial properties. Heat transfer mediums or fill materials can include hydrophilic zeolite, silica gel, and/or one or more phase change materials so as to provide controlled performance characteristics.
An eye compress configured to deliver moist heat therapy to at least one eye of a patient, the eye compress comprising:
The eye compress of claim 6, wherein the phase change material comprises paraffin.
An eye compress for delivery of moist heat to a patient, the eye compress comprising:
A method of providing prolonged moist heat therapy comprising:
A thermal therapeutic compress for providing thermal (hot or cold) therapy to a treated body part of a human or animal subject, the compress containing at least one phase change material.
A cold therapy device comprising:
A compress for therapeutic treatment of a body part, the compress comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.