Portable fluid therapy device
AssigneeOansh Designs, Ltd.
InventorsAnthony H. G. Bell, Carl E. Prindle
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Abstract
A portable fluid therapy device comprising a flexible bladder member defining independently inflatable inner and outer chambers. Fluidly coupled to inlet and outlet valve ports of the inner chamber is a portable water pumping apparatus for selectively infusing hot or cold water into the inner chamber or circulating the water therethrough, The bladder member is adapted to be used in association with a brace member or cast and may be configured to accommodate a desired region of the body.
Claims10
A therapy device comprising of a flexible bladder member with a portable fluid therapy device, said flexible bladder for use in combination:
- defining independently inflatable inner and outer chambers, with said inner chamber defining independently inflatable hot and cold water receiving regions any and, said bladder member comprising:
- an outer wall;
- an inner wall;
- an intermediate wall positioned between said inner and outer walls;
- and
- a flexible baffle positioned between said intermediate and inner walls;
- said outer chamber being defined between said outer and intermediate walls, said hot water region being defined between said baffle and said intermediate wall, and said cold water region being defined between said baffle and said inner wall;
- a first inlet valve port fluidly coupled to the hot water region of said inner chamber;
- a first outlet valve port fluidly coupled to the hot water region of said inner chamber;
- a second inlet valve port fluidly coupled to the cold water region of said inner chamber;
- a second outlet valve port fluidly coupled to the cold water region of said inner chamber;
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- an inlet/outlet valve port fluidly coupled to said outer chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.