Patent · US Expired

Localized heat transfer device

US5344436A · kind A · utility

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38Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 16, 1992
Grant dateSep 6, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 16, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2205/127
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention provides systems for topically heating or cooling an animal or human body, and more particularly concerns a modular system in which a heating or cooling liquid is circulated in a hermetically sealed flow path between a heating or cooling device and a heating or cooling pad. In a preferred embodiment, the flow path includes a cassette which is reversibly engageable with a pump and a heating or cooling unit located in a housing.

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