Method for providing therapeutic heat treatment and kit for practice thereof
AssigneeThe Hygenic Corporation
InventorJohn Riazi
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Abstract
A method for applying a therapeutic heat treatment to a body part comprises the steps of placing a suitable fluid (20) in a container (10); placing wax (22) in the container; heating the combination (16) of the wax (22) and the fluid (20) until the wax (22) has melted forming a layer and the fluid (20) has reached the treatment temperature; and passing the body part (40) through the layer of wax (46) and into the fluid to form a glove around the body part. The present invention also provides for a kit (60) for providing therapeutic heat treatment, the kit comprising a microwavable container (20) a removable lid (30); and a quantity of wax (22).
Claims19
A method for providing therapeutic heat treatment to a body part, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing a suitable fluid in a container;
- placing wax in the container to form a fluid and wax combination;
- heating said fluid and wax combination until the wax has melted forming a layer and said fluid has reached a treatment temperature;
- and
- passing the body part through said wax layer into said fluid to form a glove around the body part.
A therapeutic heat treatment kit, said kit comprising:
- a microwavable container;
- a removable lid;
- said lid providing at least one wax melting cage extending from an underside of said lid;
- and
- a quantity of wax.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.