Method for providing thermal pulsing therapy
OwnerNicola Gerrett, Emily Washington +4inventors
InventorsNicola Gerrett, Emily Washington, Nathaniel Gur-Arie, Matthew Mallette, Mark Powell, Chad Pacilli
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Abstract
A method for providing pulsing contrast therapy to a vehicle occupant. The method comprises first operating a heating device to apply a first temperature for a first period of time and second operating the heating device and a cooling device in an alternating manner for a plurality of time intervals. The thermal pulsing therapy achieves about a 0.5° C. to 2° C. change in a temperature of a surface of a seat and/or about a 0.2° C. to 1.5° C. change in a skin temperature of the vehicle occupant.
Claims20
A method for providing pulsing thermal therapy to a vehicle occupant, the method comprising:
- first operating a heating device to apply a first temperature for a first period of time to bring the temperature of at least one section of the seat surface to about 43° C. to 46° C. and/or to bring a skin temperature of the vehicle occupant in a region of the at least one section to about 36° C. or more;
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- second operating the heating device and a cooling device in an alternating manner for a plurality of time intervals, during the plurality of time intervals the heating device is operative for a second period of time, and the cooling device is operative for a third period of time;
- wherein the pulsing thermal therapy achieves about a 0.5° C. to 2° C. change in a temperature of a surface of a seat in the at least one section and/or about a 0.2° C. to 1.5° C. change in a temperature of the skin of the vehicle occupant in the region of the at least one section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.