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US 2026/0102280 A1Published application
Therapeutic pack conformed for application to human and animal body parts
AssigneePurHeart, LLC
InventorMaria Sheila Garcia
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AssigneePurHeart, LLC
InventorMaria Sheila Garcia
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A very thin cold and/or heat therapy gel pack with a thickness of approximately 5 mm is designed to conform to the complex contours of a human or animal body through the strategic placement of seams (referred to herein as “voids”) that allow the gel packs to bend and conform in anatomically correct places to a particular body part. The gel packs may attach to the user via hook and loop closures, buckle closures, strap closures, and adhesive closures. For cold therapy, the gel packs may attach to the user via a pressure sensitive medical adhesive, such as medical tape. Where single-use gel packs are necessary for wound healing, a sterile dressing pad may be embedded in the gel packs. The voids as described herein may also be used on disposable therapy packs that do not contain a gel, such as instant cold therapy packs and instant dry heat packs.
A gel pack comprising:
An instant cold therapy pack comprising a plastic pouch with a first compartment containing an endothermic salt and a second compartment containing water, wherein the first and second compartments are separated by a thin plastic barrier, wherein squeezing of the pouch ruptures the thin plastic barrier causing the water and endothermic salt to mix and form an endothermic reaction that lowers the temperature of the therapeutic pack, wherein the first and/or second compartments of the pouch comprise at least one void area free of the water and/or the endothermic salt, wherein the at least one void area provides the instant cold therapy pack with flexibility that allows the instant cold therapy pack to closely conform to an anatomical area or body part of a human or animal user.
An instant dry heat therapy pack comprising an airtight and waterproof sealed outer pouch and an air-permeable inner pouch, wherein the air-permeable inner pouch comprises a filling that includes iron powder, wherein unsealing of the outer pouch exposes the iron powder to air, wherein reaction of the iron powder and oxygen from the air forms an oxidation reaction that raises the temperature of the therapeutic pack, wherein the air-permeable inner pouch comprises at least one void area free of the filling, wherein the at least one void area provides the instant dry heat therapy pack with flexibility that allows the instant dry heat therapy pack to closely conform to an anatomical area or body part of a human or animal user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.