DE202021104842U1 - Treatment kit for placing a thermal compress on a part of the body - Google Patents

Abstract

Treatment set (101, 131) for arranging a thermal compress (101) on a body part (301), in particular on an upper extremity and / or on a lower extremity, the thermal compress (101) having a thermal filling (105) and a cover (103) for receiving the thermal filling (105), with a fastening device (131) for fastening the thermal compress (101) to the body part (301), characterized in that the fastening device (131) has a first clap band (131), a strip-shaped base body (132) of the first clapping band (131) can be transferred from a stretched position with a pretension by means of a trigger pulse into a rolled up position with a changed pretension, so that the thermal compress (101) can be temporarily fastened by means of the changed pretensioning of the first clapping band (131) the body part (301) takes place.

Description

The invention relates to a treatment set for arranging a thermal compress on a body part, in particular on an upper extremity and / or on a lower extremity, the thermal compress having a thermal filling and a cover for receiving the thermal filling, with a fastening device for fastening the thermal compress to a body part .

Known treatment sets with, for example, a thermal compress are often used to apply heat and / or cold to a part of the body, for example, in order to support a blunt injury or internal stress on the part of the body during recovery. For example, a cooled thermal compress can be placed on a bruise or an inflammation, so that a corresponding pain and the physical reaction are weakened by the cold brought in. A heated thermal compress can also be used to treat joint pain or relieve tension, for example.

For this purpose, a thermocompress is usually cooled or heated and then applied manually, for example also wrapped with a kitchen towel, to the corresponding point on the body part and usually held in place by hand.

It is also known to fix corresponding thermocompresses to a shin, for example with a connection piece such as that used in soccer. This is often done when, for example, an injury occurs during a game and the sock is part of the playing attire.

It is time-consuming to hold the thermocompress in place, or it is only possible to attach the thermocompress to special parts of the body or special body regions.

The object of the invention is to improve the state of the art.

The object is achieved by a treatment set for arranging a thermal compress on a part of the body, in particular on an upper extremity and / or on a lower extremity, the thermal compress having a thermal filling and a cover for receiving the thermal filling, with a fastening device for attaching the thermal compress the body part, wherein the fastening device has a first clap band, wherein a strip-shaped base body of the first clap band can be transferred from a stretched position with a pretension by means of a trigger pulse into a rolled up position with a changed pretension, so that a temporary fastening of the thermal compress by means of the changed pretension of the first gossip tape takes place on the body.

In this combination, the thermal compress can be attached variably to different parts of the body, in particular to different parts of the body with different diameters, by means of the first clap band. For example, the thermocompress is placed on an arm and the gossip tape is then hit on the thermocompress, so that the trigger pulse is introduced through the hitting and the gossip tape jumps into the rolled up position around the arm and then holds the thermocompress on the arm with the changed preload . The same applies mutatis mutandis to other parts of the body. This procedure results in the thermocompress being held on the arm with only two fingertips of a first hand, for example, and the gossip tape then being hit on the arm, for example, with a second hand. This means that there is only short, small-area contact between the first hand and the thermocompress, which means that only little heat transfer is possible with the thermocompress. For example, a cooled thermal compress is not unnecessarily heated when it is placed on a part of the body and is therefore available for treatment with the greatest possible temperature difference.

In addition, the treatment set can be stored compactly, for example when it is stored in a refrigerator. To do this, the gossip band is wrapped around the thermocompress and remains directly available with the thermocompress while it is cooling.

The following terms are explained at this point:

A “treatment set” describes a combination of a thermal compress and a corresponding fastening device, for example a thermal compress and the first clap tape, which is used in this combination to fasten the thermal compress to a part of the body. Such a treatment set can include further parts, but in the simplest case consists of a corresponding thermal compress and a fastening device, in particular a first clap band.

A “thermal compress” describes a corresponding volume body, which has a cover and a thermal filling, the “cover” serving to hold the “thermal filling” together in the form of the thermal compress. Such a “cover” is, for example, a film pocket, a pouch-like pocket or a comparable one Volume structure, the corresponding thermal filling can be accommodated therein.

"Arranging" the thermocompress describes the process in which the thermocompress is temporarily attached to a body part, for example an upper extremity or a lower extremity, in such a way that the thermocompress heats or cold is stored in the thermocompress can be delivered to the body part. The thermal filling of the thermal compress is in particular equipped with a high thermal capacity compared to the shell, so that the thermal filling can be brought to a corresponding temperature level, for example by heating in an oven or cooling in the refrigerator, so that the thermal compress can function in relation to the body part can perform largely due to the temperature level of the thermal filling. Such “thermal compresses” are particularly known as hot-cold compresses.

A “body part” is any component of the human body, and in particular an “upper extremity”, that is an arm, or a “lower extremity”, that is a leg, can be described. The upper extremities also include further components, for example an arm such as a hand, a finger or parts thereof, and the lower extremities accordingly also include feet, toes and, for example, joints in the leg or foot. For the thermocompress, a “fastening device” is used to fasten the thermocompress, in particular temporarily and also releasably, to the body part, that is to say, for example, to hold it on the body part.

A “clap band”, which is also known as a “snap band”, consists essentially of a metallic strip, for example, which forms the “strip-shaped base body”, the metallic strip, for example, having a curved cross-section in an “extended position”. If the arched cross-section of the clap band is then disturbed by the “trigger pulse” in the extended position, the clap band rolls into a “rolled-up position” because the strip-shaped base body in this roll-up direction biases towards the rolled-up state, i.e. into the rolled-up position , having. A “preload” describes the state in the stretched position, namely that the clap band is stable in this state, but pretensioned with a tendency towards the rolled-up position, with the stability being disturbed by the trigger pulse. In this state, a “changed pretension” describes the pretension that is present in the rolling direction, that is, the radial direction of the clap band, which is used, for example, to press the thermocompress against the body part.

The thermal compress is “temporarily attached” in such a way that the thermal compress is attached to the part of the body for the period of the desired treatment.

In order to make the treatment set even more variable, the fastening device has a second gossip band, a third gossip band and / or a further gossip band, whereby a strip-shaped base body of the respective gossip band moves from an extended position with a bias by means of a trigger pulse into a rolled up position with a changed one Pretension can be transferred, so that by means of the trigger pulse, the thermal compress is temporarily attached to the body part by means of the changed pretension of the respective clap band.

In this way, for example, when using an elongated thermal compress for a shin or for another elongated body part, the thermal compress can be temporarily fastened by means of a plurality of clapping bands.

In one embodiment, the thermal compress, in particular the cover of the thermal compress, has a first holding means, a second holding means, a third holding means and / or a further holding means for receiving the first gossip band, the second gossip band, the third gossip band and / or the further gossip band assigned directly or indirectly to a receiving axis, so that a relative movement of the gossip tape received in the respective holding means with respect to the thermal compress, in particular transversely to the receiving axis, is restricted.

For example, the first clap band can be inserted into the first holding means or taken up by the first holding means so that the holding band no longer slips with respect to the thermal compress. This prevents, for example, that the thermal compress does not have enough friction against the respective clap tape due to condensation water and the clap tape slips off the thermal compress or the thermocompress slips out from under the clap tape. A respective plurality of clapping bands can be received in a respective plurality of holding means.

A “holding means” describes, for example, a device for increasing the friction between the thermal compress and / or the cover of the thermal compress and the respective gossip band, a mechanical means which a respective gossip band positively receives or another designed means to prevent a relative movement between the respective gossip band and the thermal compress.

A "relative movement" describes, for example, the slipping of the gossip band on the thermal compress or on the cover of the thermal compress, the thermal compress slipping underneath the respective gossip band or a different type of movement which causes a change in the position of the respective gossip band compared to the thermal compress.

A “receiving axis” is that axis which runs essentially along a longitudinal extension of the strip-shaped base body of the clapping band, so that the respective clapping band is introduced into the corresponding holding means or guided to the corresponding holding means, for example along the receiving axis.

The direction “transversely to the receiving axis” is a direction which runs in particular orthogonally or essentially orthogonally, that is to say for example at an angle of + 20 ° to -20 ° with respect to an orthogonal direction to the receiving axis. Corresponding angle specifications are also acceptable with the corresponding technically necessary deviations. The main issue here is that the gossip band can be movable along the receiving axis with respect to the holding means and cannot perform any movement or limited movement transversely thereto.

In order to make the treatment set easy to use and easy to use, the first holding means, the second holding means, the third holding means and / or the further holding means have a tunnel-shaped pocket for inserting the respective strip-shaped base body of the respective gossip band.

Thus, for example, the respective gossip band can be inserted into the tunnel-shaped pocket and remains movable along the receiving axis, with this simple configuration effectively preventing or restricting the relative movement of the gossip band with respect to the thermal compress. In addition, the necessary contact with the thermal compress is reduced even further. For example, the thermal compress can be held directly on the gossip tape stretched through the tunnel-shaped pocket or on the respective gossip tapes stretched through the tunnel-shaped pockets, without the need for contact with the thermal compress. A thermocompress that is cooled, for example, is thus not heated by a hand of a user, as a result of which the greatest possible temperature difference of the prepared thermocompress is available for treating the part of the body.

A “tunnel-shaped pocket” is made, for example, from a blank that is connected to the thermal compress in strips on two parallel lines, so that the tunnel-shaped pocket can be produced with simple means.

In one embodiment, the thermal filling is a gel and / or granules or has a gel and / or granules and / or the thermal filling has a latent heat store and an activating agent, so that by activating the latent heat accumulator by means of the activating agent Heating and / or cooling of the thermal compress is enabled.

Thus, the thermal filling and thus also the thermal compress can be used as a heat store due to the heat capacity of the thermal filling or also as a latent heat store, that is to say as a store of phase transition heat of the thermal filling.

A “gel” describes a disperse system that consists of at least two components, one component being a solid component and another component being a liquid or a gas. The solid component forms a spongy, three-dimensional network in which the liquid, for example, is accommodated. Such a gel has viscoelastic properties, that is, it is designed, for example, like a viscous liquid and offers the advantage that such a gel can be adapted and shaped to a corresponding part of the body. In contrast, a “granulate” is, for example, a set of grains or small bodies, so that the thermal filling consists, for example, of mineral granulate, cherry stones or other particles with a large heat capacity.

A “latent heat storage”, on the other hand, works not only with its heat capacity, but also with the heat energy stored in a phase change. For example, a salt is liquefied at a high temperature and remains in a metastable liquid state after cooling. If an “activating agent” is then used, for example a pulse generator or a catalyst, a spontaneous phase change takes place in the bistable, supercooled liquid, during which, for example, heat is released. The effect is used, for example, for hand warmers and can also be used to treat body parts with heat.

In contrast, latent heat accumulators are also known in which, for example, by means of With a similar effect, the thermal compress is cooled down spontaneously. Such thermal compresses are known, for example, in emergency medicine for the treatment of blunt injuries as "instant cool packs" and act with a granulate as latent cold storage and a liquid as an activating agent.

In order to be able to manufacture the treatment set as cheaply as possible, the respective holding means is mechanically connected to the cover, in particular welded to the cover. If, for example, the cover is made of a plastic film, then strip-shaped blanks of the same or a compatible plastic can be welded to the cover on two lines so that a corresponding pocket is formed for inserting a gossip band.

In a further embodiment, the envelope has a plastic film, the thermal filling being received in particular in a pillow-like receiving space formed from the plastic film.

If the thermal compress is not to come into direct contact with the body part, for example to avoid an excessive cooling effect, or to be able to provide the treatment set with exchangeable thermal compresses, the thermal compress is assigned a receiving device, the receiving device receiving the thermal compress and the respective holding means mechanically, in particular by means of sewing and / or by means of rivets, is connected to the receiving device. Thus, the thermocompress can be received in the receiving device and, if it has warmed up, for example, with a desired cooling effect on the body part, it can be exchanged for a new thermocompress. Such a “receiving device” can be any device which temporarily and in particular exchangeably receives the thermal compress. In one embodiment, the receiving device is a pocket, in particular a pocket made of a fabric or a woven fabric, the pocket in particular having an opening so that the thermocompress is accommodated in the pocket in an exchangeable manner.

Such a “pocket” is, for example, a cloth bag, in particular a cloth bag made of a voluminous fabric, in order to dampen the transfer of heat or cold between the thermal compress and the body part. An “opening” is, for example, a flap that can be closed with a Velcro fastener, buttons or other means. A zip fastener can also be used, so that the thermal compress can be inserted and removed through the opening and, for example, can be exchanged after the body part has heated a cooled thermal compress.

In order to be able to attach the thermal compress as variably as possible to a corresponding body part and in particular to keep open the possibility of treating many different body parts, the receiving axis of the respective holding means is arranged in such a way that the respective holding means along the respective strip-shaped base body along a longitudinal direction of the thermal compress a transverse direction of the thermal compress and / or along different directions of the thermal compress.

For example, a different number of holding means, for example flaps, in the longitudinal direction, another flap in the transverse direction and, for example, a further flap diagonally along the thermocompress, so that the thermocompress can be applied to the body part in a variable manner by means of a clap band inserted into the pocket . The thermal compress, and thus the treatment set, can be individually adapted to, for example, a shin, an elbow, a forearm, a wrist and / or an ankle.

The “longitudinal direction” of the thermal compress describes, for example, a direction along a possible longitudinal expansion of the thermal compress. If the thermal compress is rectangular, the longitudinal direction describes the direction along the longer sides. In contrast, the “transverse direction” is oriented roughly orthogonally to it. Angle specifications are to be understood here within the scope of the usual technical deviations, for example + 25 ° to -25 °. In the context of the present description, angle specifications relate in each case to a full angle of 360 °. “Different directions” describe corresponding intermediate angles, for example diagonals or other directions in relation to non-rectangular, for example hexagonal or differently shaped thermocompresses.

• 1a eine schematische Darstellung einer Thermokompresse mit daran angeordneten Schlaufen zum Aufnehmen eines Klatschbandes,
• 1b eine schematische Darstellung eines sogenannten Klatschbandes zum temporären Befestigen der Thermokompresse an einem Körperteil,
• 2 eine schematische Darstellung einer Tasche mit Schlaufen zum Befestigen der Tasche an einem Körperteil, wobei die Tasche zum Aufnehmen einer Thermokompresse dient, sowie
• 3 eine schematische Darstellung eines Armes mit der mittels Klatschbändern der 1b befestigten Thermokompresse der 1a.

The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of exemplary embodiments. Show it

• 1a a schematic representation of a thermal compress with loops arranged on it for receiving a clap tape,
• 1b a schematic representation of a so-called gossip tape for temporarily attaching the thermal compress to a part of the body,
• 2 a schematic representation of a bag with loops for attaching the bag to a body part, wherein the bag is used to hold a thermal compress, and
• 3 a schematic representation of an arm with the by means of clapping bands of 1b attached thermal compress of the 1a .

A thermal compress 101 has a shell 103 on, in which a thermal gel 105 is recorded. To form the shell 103 are a back 107 and a front 109 with a weld 108 connected with each other. The shell consists of a plastic film, in particular a polyethylene. The Thermogel 105 is an aqueous gel with a high heat capacity and is therefore able to absorb heat as well as to maintain a corresponding level of cold when it cools down.

The thermal compress 101 serves to apply a corresponding heat or a corresponding cold to a part of the body. This can be done with the thermal compress 101 either heated in an oven or cooled in a refrigerator.

On the back side 107 is a loop 111 applied so that transversely to a longitudinal extension of the rectangular thermal compress 101 along an axis 114 an opening 112 and an opposite opening 113 between the loop 111 and the back 107 the thermal compress 101 is formed. There is also the loop 111 with two welds 121 which run parallel on the back 107 the shell 103 welded on. Another loop 115 is analogous to this along a parallel to the axis 114 running axis 118 also with welds 121 on the shell 103 applied so that an opening 116 and an opening 117 are formed.

A gossip band 131 has a strip-shaped body 132 on. At one end 133 has the main body 132 a curved cross-section 134 on. Furthermore, the base body 132 a preload in the direction of rolling up the base body 132 so that in the state shown there is a role 135 is formed. An end 136 is the end 133 on the main body 132 opposite to. In the rolled-up state shown, the base body 132 at the end 136 a largely flat cross-section.

Due to the arched cross-section 134 of the main body 132 is it possible to the gossip tape 131 in a straight extension completely into the arched cross-section 134 to bring, so that a metastable state is reached in this straight line extension. Then becomes the arched cross-section 134 disturbed, for example by opening the gossip tape 131 on a surface or on a part of the body, the preload is in the direction of the roller 135 free and the gossip tape rolls up.

A pocket 201 is from a cloth bag 203 educated. There is also a back 207 as well as a front 209 by means of a seam 208 sewn together. The cloth bag 203 is formed from a soft material, for example from a terry cloth. On the back side 207 are analogous to the thermal compress 101 Loops 211 and 215 applied, which in the case of the bag 201 however by means of seams 221 are sewn on. The loops 211 as 215 are arranged approximately orthogonally to one another, with the loop 211 parallel to a longitudinal extension of the pocket 201 along an axis 214 and the loop 215 transverse to this longitudinal orientation along an axis 218 is aligned. At one end, the pocket faces in the longitudinal direction 201 a flap 241 on which by means of a Velcro fastener 242 can be locked. Using this flap 241 can when the flap is open 241 a thermal compress in an opening 243 inside the bag 201 be inserted. This can be done with a thermal compress, for example 101 or another thermocompress of the appropriate size.

The application of the components described is described as follows:

An arm 301 with one elbow 302 , a forearm 303 as well as one hand 304 serves as an example. Assume that the arm 301 appropriate person is on the forearm 303 has suffered a bruise. A treatment using a thermal compress is an example here 101 described, which by means of two gossip bands 131 on the forearm 303 is attached. These are the gossip bands 131 through the loop 111 as well as the loop 115 out, this takes place in the straight stretched state of the respective base body 132 . Then the thermal compress 101 be placed on the arm or tossed briskly on the arm, causing the gossip bands 131 a disruption of the arched cross-section 134 experienced and curled up. The pretension of the gossip bands 131 then serves to fix the thermal compress 101 on the forearm 303 so that in this example in the thermal compress 101 stored cold delays or prevents swelling of the bruise.

The bag can too 201 be used to the thermocompress 101 or another thermal compress. In the case of the bag 201 there is thus the possibility of using different alignments, namely the alignment of the axis 214 the loop 211 or alternatively and / or additionally the axis 218 de loop 215 . Likewise, the thermal compress could 101 can also be provided with loops of a different orientation, for example to adapt the thermocompress to an ankle and to fasten it with clap bands 131 geometrically easier to enable.

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Thermogel

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Claims (10)

Treatment set (101, 131) for arranging a thermal compress (101) on a body part (301), in particular on an upper extremity and / or on a lower extremity, the thermal compress (101) having a thermal filling (105) and a cover (103) for receiving the thermal filling (105), with a fastening device (131) for fastening the thermal compress (101) to the body part (301), characterized in that the fastening device (131) has a first clap band (131), a strip-shaped base body (132) of the first clapping band (131) can be transferred from a stretched position with a pretension by means of a trigger pulse into a rolled up position with a changed pretension, so that the thermal compress (101) can be temporarily fastened by means of the changed pretensioning of the first clapping band (131) the body part (301) takes place. Treatment set according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the fastening device (131) has a second clap band (131), a third clap band (131) and / or a further clap band (131), a strip-shaped base body (132) of the respective clap band (131) from a stretched A pretensioned position can be converted into a rolled-up position with a changed pretension by means of a trigger pulse, so that the thermal compress (101) is temporarily attached to the body part (301) by means of the changed pretension of the respective clap band (131) by means of the trigger pulse. Treatment set according to Claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that the thermal compress (101), in particular the cover (103), has a first holding means (111), a second holding means (115), a third holding means and / or a further holding means for receiving the first gossip band (131), the second gossip band (131), the third gossip band (131) and / or the further gossip band (131) is assigned directly or indirectly along a receiving axis (114, 118), so that a relative movement of the gossip band received in the respective holding means (111, 115) (131) is restricted in relation to the thermal compress (101), in particular transversely to the receiving axis (114, 118). Treatment set according to Claim 3 , characterized in that the first holding means (111), the second holding means (115), the third holding means and / or the further holding means has a tunnel-shaped pocket for inserting the respective strip-shaped base body (132) of the respective clapping tape (131). Treatment set according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the thermal filling (105) has a gel and / or granules and / or the thermal filling (105) has a latent heat store and an activating agent, so that by activating the latent heat store heating and / or cooling of the thermal compress (101) is made possible by means of the activating agent. Treatment set according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the respective holding means (111, 115) are mechanically connected to the cover (103), in particular welded to the cover (103). Treatment set according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (103) has a plastic film, the thermal filling (105) being received in particular in a pillow-like receiving space formed from the plastic film. Treatment set according to one of the Claims 1 until 5 , characterized in that the thermal compress (101) is assigned a receiving device (201), the receiving device (201) receiving the thermal compress (101) and the respective holding means (211, 215) mechanically, in particular by means of sewing and / or by means of rivets, is connected to the receiving device (201). Treatment set according to Claim 8 , characterized in that the receiving device (201) is a pocket, in particular a pocket made of a fabric, the pocket in particular having an opening (243) so that the thermal compress (101) is exchangeably received in the pocket. Treatment set according to one of the previous ones Claims 3 until 9 , characterized in that the receiving axis (114, 118, 214, 218) of the respective holding means (111, 115, 211, 215) is arranged such that the respective holding means (111, 115, 211, 215) the respective strip-shaped base body (132) along a longitudinal direction of the thermal compress (101), along a transverse direction of the thermal compress (101) and / or along different directions of the thermal compress (101).

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