公开(公告)号：US6074414A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-13

申请号：US130007

申请日：1998-08-06

申请人： Michael Haas ,  Richard Bailey ,  Lee Barberito ,  Jerome F. Krentel ,  Michael Haas, II

发明人： Michael Haas ,  Richard Bailey ,  Lee Barberito ,  Jerome F. Krentel ,  Michael Haas, II

IPC分类号： A61F7/00 ,  A61F7/02 ,  A61F7/10

CPC分类号： A61F7/02 ,  A61F2007/0054 ,  A61F7/10

摘要： A thermal applicator for medical use which is worn upon or applied directly to the body of a patient to modify its temperature for therapeutic treatment. The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates the utilization of a heat pipe having first and second ends and a length, the first and second ends communicating with first and second thermally conductive plates, respectively, the first thermally conductive plate configured to communicate with an exterior portion of the body of the patient and to provide localized thermal treatment, the second thermally conductive plate placed at an area removed from the area to be treated, and configured to accept, for example, an ice pack (or other thermal material or apparatus) to affect a change in the temperature of the second thermally conductive plate, cooling the second end of the heat pipe and allowing the heat pipe to cool the first thermally conductive plate, thereby providing localized cooling of the area to which it is applied. An alternative embodiment of the invention contemplates a heat source in lieu of the ice pack, wherein the second thermally conductive plate would function as an evaporator, thereby providing a reverse cycle in the heat pipe, for heating the area to be treated via the first thermally conductive plate. The present invention may be utilized for localized thermal application on various parts of the body, and several examples are illustrated, including an exemplary system to treat plantar fasciitis.

摘要翻译： 用于医疗用途的热施加器，其被佩戴或直接施加到患者身体以改变其治疗治疗的温度。 本发明的优选实施例考虑利用具有第一和第二端和长度的热管，第一和第二端分别与第一和第二导热板连通，第一导热板被配置为与外部连通 并且提供局部热处理，第二导热板放置在从待处理区域移除的区域上，并且被配置为接受例如冰袋（或其它热物质或设备） 以影响第二导热板的温度变化，冷却热管的第二端并允许热管冷却第一导热板，由此对其施加的区域进行局部冷却。 本发明的替代实施例考虑了代替冰袋的热源，其中第二导热板将用作蒸发器，从而在热管中提供反向循环，用于通过第一热量加热待处理的区域 导电板。 本发明可以用于在身体的各个部分上的局部热应用，并且示出了几个实例，包括治疗足底筋膜炎的示例性系统。