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Heat transfer pad having occlusion-resistant ports

US7914563B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

14Claims

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Assignee

Breg, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jeffrey T. Mason · Escondido, US
Mark E. Howard · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 14, 2007
Grant date	Mar 29, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2007/0054
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A heat transfer pad includes a bladder and a pad port. The bladder has an outside perimeter, an inner face and an outer face enclosing a bladder interior. The pad port has a tubing segment with a proximal end which extends through the outside perimeter of the bladder into the bladder interior. A port seal is formed by bonding the inner and outer faces of the bladder to the proximal end of the tubing segment at a port bond point distal to the outside perimeter of the bladder in the bladder interior. The proximal end of the tubing segment is maintained unbonded to the inner and outer faces of the bladder between the port seal and the outside perimeter of the bladder, thereby defining a strain relief section of the bladder which resists occlusion of the pad port.

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