Wound treatment apparatus with a heater, a heat conductive bandage, and heat-spreading means acting between the heater and bandage
US6235047A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 6, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2007/0279
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A wound treatment apparatus is provided which includes a thermally conductive bandage, a heater in thermal contact with the bandage over a wound treatment area, a heat spreading means acting between the heater and the bandage for laterally spreading heat transferred from the heater to the bandage in order that heat be substantially uniformly distributed across the bandage.
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