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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137392 | Conformable thermal device A chemically-activated conformable thermal device that generates heat upon activation is provided. The thermal device typically contains an oxidizable metal that is capable of undergoing an exothermic reaction in the presence of moisture and air to generate heat. Al... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8012191 | Therapeutic pack A therapeutic pack provides effective therapeutic heating or cooling to an area of a body. The therapeutic pack comprises a fabric bag and a plurality of therapeutic modules within the bag. The bag consists of taffeta or a spandex such that the bag drapes. The thera... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7998183 | Heat generating body A heat generating body wherein three or more plural sectional exothermic parts are provided at intervals via a sectioned part which is a heat seal part. The sectional exothermic parts have a heat generating composition capable of causing heat generation upon contact... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7972368 | Refillable therapeutic pack A refillable therapeutic pack is disclosed that is comprised of an outer bag having a generally rectangular shape having two sides, a closed end and an open end. Tie straps are secured on the outer bag near the closed end and the open end and extend from the ends. A... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7794486 | Therapeutic kit employing a thermal insert A therapeutic kit for providing heat to an area of the body is provided. The therapeutic kit may be used to treat a variety of injuries to muscles, ligaments, tendons, etc., including arm, leg, ankle, knee, shoulder, foot, neck, back, elbow, wrist, hand, chest, fing... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794485 | Compress with cooling effect in sterile pack The invention relates to a compress with a cooling effect, based on particles (6) of a polymer that has a high water absorption capacity, which comes enclosed with a reserve of water to activate it in an item (2) which comprises, inside a watertight ou... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7427290 | Thermal pack having a comfort fit A thermal pack having a bent lip uniformly disposed away from a skin side of the thermal pack. The thermal pack of the present invention eliminates discomfort associated with prior art thermal packs by providing a lip that bends up and away from the skin, thereby av... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7350361 | Self-heating or cooling container This invention relates to a self-heating or self-cooling container (1), which uses an exothermic or endothermic re-action to provide or remove heat from the contents of the container. The chemical reaction includes a fluid consistuent (either as a reagent or ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7324340 | Conductive cooling pad for use with a laptop computer A self contained laptop computer cooling pad that does not require any electrical power to operate and will effectively and efficiently reduce the operating temperature of the computer and reduce the heat being transferred into the user's lap. The cooling pad contai... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316265 | Method for passive phase change thermal management In one embodiment, a method includes forming a conductive structure having a cavity, injecting a phase change material into the cavity, injecting a plurality of spheres into the cavity, and sealing the cavity. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309275 | Therapeutic brassiere incorporating thermal gel A brassiere incorporating at least one gel pack positioned to provide thermal therapy to a breast. Located within the breast cup construction are one or more cells of thermal gel packs designed to dispense thermal therapy to the breast, preferably cold therapy. The ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7291163 | Inflatable thermal blanket having air flow channels for directing a conditioned gas An apparatus for providing conditioned air to a patient while maintaining a low profile over the patient. The therapy blanket has an inflatable portion that includes air channels with a constriction in the area where the blanket covers the torso of the patient; ther... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291164 | ICE power pack An improved cold/compress therapy for the treatment of muscle, tissue, tendon, or cartilage injury or damage. The ICE Power Pack consists of a plurality of hollow vessels filled with water or aqueous solutions or colloids that can be solidified in a conventional dom... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282463 | Thermocautery block A thermocautery block is formed by mixing alumina, zirconium silicate, feldspar, pottery stone, siliceous limestone, kaolin, Gairome clay (Japan), and black soil with water; evenly stirring the mixture; compressing, dehydrating, and extruding the mixture into polygo... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276037 | Compression apparatus for applying localized pressure to the venous system of the leg An apparatus is provided for applying compression therapy to an extremity of the human body, such as a portion of the human leg. The device includes a flexible member and an air bladder chamber. The flexible member is adapted to wrap around the extremity to secure t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264630 | Hot/cold therapy pack A thermal pack for applying thermal therapy to a human body part includes a flexible body that defines a cavity holding a thermal medium. A skeletal structure supports the flexible body. The skeletal structure is malleable such that it can be deformed around and hel... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7250548 | Absorbent article with temperature change member disposed on the outer cover and between absorbent assembly portions An absorbent article may define a front region, a rear region, and a crotch region intermediate the front and rear regions. The article may include an outercover, a liner and an absorbent assembly front portion disposed intermediate the outercover and the liner in t... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243509 | Thermal therapeutic method This invention relates primarily to a therapeutic method comprising the use of a flexible outer cover that allows quick and easy alternating insertions of separate heat and cold packs, and is attached using an adhesive layer or safety pins to a garment at a location... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240720 | Method and thermally active multi-phase heat transfer apparatus and method for abstracting heat using liquid bi-phase heat exchanging composition Apparatus for abstracting heat comprises a container charged with a first liquid and with small auxiliary containers free to circulate in the first liquid. Each of the small auxiliary containers is charged with a second liquid. The first and second liquids each have... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235187 | Methods and apparatuses for delivering a volatile component via a controlled exothermic reaction Reaction mixtures that include exothermic generating particles having a water soluble coating encasing a portion of the particles, a volatile component and, optionally an aqueous solution, and a buffer. The reaction mixtures are especially suited to generate heat in... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234458 | Laminated heating body A laminated heating body permits free adjustment of temperature to be felt on a user's skin by varying condition of a cover sheet on a surface thereof. The laminated heating body includes a heating body and a cover sheet covering the heating body. The cover sheet is... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232457 | Fluid warming cassette with a tensioning rod A fluid warming cassette for use in a fluid warming system includes a first sheet and second sheet joined with a flexed tensioning rod to form a fluid container with a periphery in which the flexed tensioning rod is disposed to tension the fluid container. The fluid... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228712 | Synthetic ice and associated methods An article includes a flexible bag that has a cavity therein. A predetermined quantity of ice pellets are deposited within a cavity of the bag and a predetermined quantity of polymer pellets are deposited within the cavity of the bag and mixed with the ice pellets s... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226471 | Patient cooling system A patient cooling system comprises an inflatable patient mattress and a patient enclosure or tent supported by a framework of inflatable tubes drawing air off of the same air supply used to supply the mattress and to cool the tent. The framework of inflatable tubes ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7195660 | Pillow with air filter A travel pillow has one or more air filters and a body with a soft material coupled to the one or more air filters. The air filters can be powered by a power source located within the pillow. The one or more air filters can have an air intake and an air outflow in c... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189252 | Warming/chilling apparatus A warming/chilling apparatus, in particular for a pain treatment unit, includes a heating device and a cooling device for alternately heating and cooling a heating/cooling element to a high and a low tempemture respectively. The heating device and the cooling device... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182778 | Conforming thermal pack A flexible thermal pack to be intimately applied to a patient's body is in the form of a plastic container enclosing a chemical compound capable of an endo- or exo-thermic reaction when intermixed with a catalyst. The plastic container has a vent in one wall covered... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182777 | Thermal device and method Provided is a thermal device for applying thermal energy to the body of a person, animal, or other surface including segmented organic filler. The device may have the general appearance of a child's toy or other configuration. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179281 | Health industry medical neoprene/latex cooling gel wrap around This product will be used to help reduce/decrease, prevent and avoid swelling/edema to all joints and soft tissue areas of the body, which maybe as a result of surgery, athletic injury, slip and fall or systemic medical disorders. The product will have a vari... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179280 | Thermal device Provided is a thermal device for applying thermal energy to the body of a person, animal, or other surface including segmented organic filler. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172616 | Inflatable blanket for use in cardiac surgery A method of performing cardiac surgery on a patient's heart, including covering a patient with an inflatable blanket for a forced air convection system, the inflatable blanket having at least one separable seal line within the blanket. The separable seal line may be... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7153371 | Extraction with chemical exothermic reaction heating An extraction cleaning machine comprising dispensing and recovery systems, the dispensing system including a system for generating heat with an exothermic reaction upon activation for heating the cleaning solution prior to dispensing of the cleaning solution onto a ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134664 | Modular bullet trap cover A modular bullet trap cover element generally includes a shell filled with a projectile trapping medium, preferably a mixture of a resilient granular ballistic medium and a hydrated super absorbent polymer (SAP) gel. The shell may be made of any of a number of fabri... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135036 | Heating pad having a phase change material A heating pad includes an envelope containing a heating unit and a phase change material which encloses the heating unit. The heating unit includes a metal plate and a resistance heating element attached to the metal plate. Flexible strips are disposed within the en... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125417 | Aromatherapy herb pack An aromatherapy herb pack has a flexible, aroma-permeable cover having upper and lower layers joined at their outer edges to form an interior space to contain thermal reservoir and aromatherapy materials. The interior space is divided into a series of subspaces in t... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122046 | Treatment device A treatment device having a first portion in a first plane, a treatment portion with a cover in a second plane that defines a treatment volume extending between the first and second planes, and a flexible transition portion that connects the first portion to the tre... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119279 | Protective sleeve The present invention includes a protective sleeve assembly for cords having a longitudinal flexible sleeve for retaining the cords therein. The invention discloses various embodiments for obtaining a desired sleeve length. One such sleeve embodiment includes a pair... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7096687 | Non-constrictive ice bag device Ice bag covers, articles and methods useful in the creation of a non-constrictive ice bag device that is compact and can be attached to a garment, said ice bag device comprising (a) an outer cover with extended peripheries to attach said outer cover to the inside or... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097075 | Device for storing and dispensing flowable compositions The invention relates to a device for storing and dispensing a flowable composition. Said device comprises a first (1) and a second film (2), a dispensing zone (4), a first chamber (5), containing a first substance (A) and a second chambe... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089757 | Device for cooling object Device for cooling an object according to the present invention, which comprises a deformable sleeve-like body (1) which includes an inner compartment (3) intended to contact the object and housing a non-freezing cooling liquid and an outer compartment... | 08/15/2006 |
