Therapeutic wrap

a technology of animate bodies and wraps, which is applied in the field of wraps, can solve the problems of fluid warm from the body part heat, many in the field have turned to a more complicated animate body heat exchanger, and the traditional techniques are quite uncontrollable, and achieve the effect of decreasing the thickness of the insulating layer

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-04-28
AVENT INC
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[0023]In various embodiments, the method includes flowing the fluid through a second region downstream from the first region, wherein an overall coefficient of heat transfer in the second region is more than an overall coefficient of hea

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It will be appreciated that these traditional techniques are quite uncontrollable.
Because of these and other difficulties, many in the field have turned to a more complicated animate body heat exchanger.
One issue with these types of therapeutic wraps is that the fluid warms from the body part heat as it passes t

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[0069]Before the present invention is described, it is to be understood that this invention is not intended to be limited to particular embodiments or examples described, as such may, of course, vary. Further, when referring to the drawings, like numerals indicate like elements.

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[0070]Various aspects of the invention are similar to the subject matter described in: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 127,256 (filed Jul. 31, 1998) entitled, “Compliant Heat Exchange Panel” issued on Apr. 3, 2007 as U.S. Pat. No. 7,198,093; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 798,261 (filed Mar. 1, 2001) entitled, “Shoulder Conformal Therapy Component of an Animate Body Heat Exchanger”; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 901,963 (filed Jul. 10, 2001) entitled, “Compliant Heat Exchange Splint and Control Unit”; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 771,123 (filed Jan. 26, 2001) entitled, “Wrist / Hand Conformal Therapy Component of an Animate Body Heat Exchanger”; U.S. patent applicatio...

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Abstract

Temperature-controlled therapy wrap for treatment of at least a portion of an animate body including a fluid bladder including an inlet, an outlet, and at least one fluidic channel connecting the inlet to the outlet; and a thermal insulating member on the fluid bladder only directly adjacent the inlet and extending along the at least one fluidic channel. The therapy wrap may be adapted to compensate for a temperature delta in the wrap. The therapy wrap may include an insulating layer of one or more insulating members. The insulating layer is dimensioned and configured to have different coefficients of heat transfer. The insulating layer may have varying thicknesses and materials to achieve varying heat transfer rates. Also disclosed is a method of administering a temperature-controlled treatment to an anatomical body part.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 254,064 filed on Oct. 22, 2009, entitled, “TEMPERATURE AND FLOW CONTROL METHODS IN A THERMAL THERAPY DEVICE.”FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to therapy of an animate body, and more particularly a therapeutic wrap of the type having circulating fluid to provide cooling, heating, and / or compression to a human or animal body part.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]It is now common to apply cold and compression to a traumatized area of a human body to facilitate healing and prevent unwanted consequences of the trauma. In fact, the acronym RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation) is now used by many.[0004]Cold packing with ice bags or the like traditionally has been used to provide deep core cooling of a body part. Elastic wraps are often applied to provide compression.[0005]It will be appreciated that these traditional techniques are q...

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IPC IPC(8): A61F7/00
CPCA61F7/02A61F7/0085A61F2007/0054A61F2007/0027A61F2007/0029A61F2007/0039A61F2007/0091A61F2007/0231A61F2007/0246
Inventor LOWE, MARK H.BOWMAN, KRISTER
Owner AVENT INC
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