Tissue treatment apparatus with a heater, a heat conductive bandage, and a heat-spreading means acting between the heater and bandage
US6641601B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 29, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2007/0279
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tissue treatment apparatus is provided which includes a thermally conductive bandage, a heater in thermal contact with the bandage over a tissue 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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