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US 6,786,880 B2Granted
Therapeutic pad
OwnerLisa Wallinventor
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Abstract
An absorbent pad has a cavity formed by a first flexible sheet of a liquid impermeable material and a second flexible sheet of a liquid permeable material. An opening defined by at least one of the first sheet and second sheet. An interior sheet of a liquid absorbent material forms a gel upon contact with a liquid.
Claims13
A method of treating an area of recovery of a patient comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a pad defining a cavity therein formed by a first flexible sheet of a liquid impermeable material and a second flexible sheet of a liquid permeable material enclosing an interior sheet of a liquid absorbent material that forms a gel upon contact with a liquid;
- (b) inserting a cold material through an at least partially sealable opening formed in said pad;
- (c) at least partially sealing said opening;
- (d) treating said patient with said pad to said area of recovery such that at least one of bodily fluids and blood from said patient is absorbed by said interior sheet of said pad forming said gel.
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