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US 9,849,299 B2Granted
Disposable, single-use thermal exchange component
AssigneeOrthoCor Medical, Inc.
InventorsKin-Joe Sham, Jared J. Savela
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Abstract
A disposable housing including a single-use thermal exchange component can be configured to be mechanically, removably coupled to a receptacle on a cuff positionable around a joint to provide temperature-based therapy to the joint.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a thermal exchange component;
- a disposable housing configured to magnetically, removably couple the thermal exchange component to a receptacle on a cuff positionable about a joint;
- and
- wherein the thermal exchange component is configured to provide temperature-based therapy to the joint, and wherein the disposable housing includes a conductor configured to magnetically, removably couple the disposable housing to a holder magnet coupled to the cuff.
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A method comprising:
- magnetically, removably coupling a thermal exchange component to a receptacle on a cuff positionable about a joint using a disposable housing;
- and
- providing temperature-based therapy to the joint using the thermal exchange component;
- wherein the disposable housing includes a conductor, and
- wherein magnetically, removably coupling the thermal exchange component to the receptacle on the cuff includes magnetically, removably coupling the conductor to a holder magnet coupled to the cuff.
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A system comprising:
- a thermal exchange component;
- a cuff positionable about a joint, the cuff including a receptacle configured to receive the thermal exchange component;
- a disposable housing configured to magnetically, removably couple the thermal exchange component to the receptacle on the cuff;
- and
- wherein the thermal exchange component is configured to provide temperature-based therapy to the joint,
- wherein the cuff includes an electromagnetic stimulator circuit configured to provide an electromagnetic field within the joint, and
- wherein the disposable housing includes an activation circuit that, when coupled to the cuff, is configured to activate the electromagnetic stimulator circuit to provide the electromagnetic field within the joint.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.