Adjustable Breast Therapy Pack for Uniform Hot and Cold Fomentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing breast fomentation packs are difficult to adjust in size and shape to fit various breast shapes, leading to non-uniform fomentation and potential skin issues due to sweat accumulation.
Innovation Solution
A hot and cold pack with a cover that adjusts in size and shape using a length adjustment unit, folding guide, and junctions to prevent tilting of the thermal insulating material, accompanied by a sweat-absorbing outer covering and nipple protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-size breast fomentation pack is used, then the structure is simple, but it cannot adapt to various breast shapes and sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The breast fomentation pack employs a flexible cover made of elastic material that can dynamically adjust its shape and size to conform to different breast forms. The cover includes an open portion with a length adjustment unit that allows dynamic modification of the pack's dimensions, enabling adaptation to various breast shapes while maintaining structural integrity through the elastic properties of the material.
2Manufacturing precision
If the thermal insulating material is freely positioned, then the structure is simple, but it tilts during fomentation causing non-uniform heat distribution
Solution Approach 1:
The pack incorporates radial junction portions that pre-position and secure the thermal insulating material in a fixed radial arrangement before fomentation begins. This preliminary structuring prevents the material from tilting or shifting during use, ensuring uniform heat distribution across the breast surface without requiring complex active control mechanisms during the fomentation process.
3Reliability
If hot fomentation is applied, then therapeutic effect is improved, but sweat accumulates causing skin troubles
Solution Approach 1:
The pack introduces an outer covering layer as an intermediary between the thermal insulating material and the user's skin. This outer covering serves as a mediator that absorbs and wicks away sweat produced during hot fomentation, preventing direct contact between accumulated sweat and the skin, thereby eliminating skin irritation while maintaining the therapeutic heating effect.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables uniform fomentation across diverse breast shapes, prevents thermal insulating material tilting, and absorbs sweat to avoid skin troubles.
Implementation Method 1
a thermal insulating material (120) filled inside the cover
Implementation Method 2
an outer covering (170) made of a sweat absorbing material to absorb the user's sweat
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AI summary
A hot and cold pack for breast treatment for pregnant women is provided. The hot and cold pack for breast treatment for pregnant women includes a cover including a through hole in a center thereof, through which a user's nipple passes, and having an annular shape of which a portion is open to adjust a size according to the size of a user's breast while wrapping and covering the user's breast, a thermal insulating material filled inside the cover, and a length adjustment unit provided in the open portion of the cover to connect both sides of the open cover, and adjusting the size of the cover.