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US 2025/0143920 A1Published application
Systems and methods for rapid contrast therapy
AssigneeAvent, Inc.
InventorsMark H. LOWE, Bryan D. HUFF, John MOORE
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Abstract
A rapid contrast therapy system can provide cold, heat/hot/warm (hereafter referred to as “hot”), and/or rapid contrast therapy, which involves rapidly alternating between cold therapy and hot therapy. The system can circulate cold or hot fluid, such as water, through a hose, into a therapy wrap, and then back to the fluid reservoirs of the system. The system can utilize a vapor compression system or other chiller technology to cool the cold water reservoir, and immersion heaters can be used to heat the hot water reservoir.
Claims20
A system for providing rapid contrast therapy, the system comprising:
- a cold reservoir configured to hold a cold liquid;
- a cold fill port in fluid communication with the cold reservoir;
- a hot reservoir configured to hold a hot liquid;
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- a hot fill port in fluid communication with the hot reservoir, wherein both the cold fill port and the hot fill port are housed in a receptacle that is configured to accommodate fluid overflow from the cold reservoir and the hot reservoir by allowing the cold liquid to directly overflow from the cold reservoir and into the hot reservoir or the hot liquid to directly overflow from the hot reservoir and into the cold reservoir;
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- a controller configured to determine a liquid level of the cold liquid and the hot liquid, and equalize the level of the cold liquid and the hot liquid in the cold reservoir and the hot reservoir, respectively, when the system is not being used to actively treat a patient by allowing the cold liquid to directly overflow from the cold reservoir and into the hot reservoir or the hot liquid to directly overflow from the hot reservoir and into the cold reservoir.
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