WO1990005509A1 - Applicateur universel de gel - Google Patents

Applicateur universel de gel Download PDF

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WO1990005509A1
WO1990005509A1 PCT/US1988/004147 US8804147W WO9005509A1 WO 1990005509 A1 WO1990005509 A1 WO 1990005509A1 US 8804147 W US8804147 W US 8804147W WO 9005509 A1 WO9005509 A1 WO 9005509A1
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gel pack
textile
applicator
elongated attachment
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PCT/US1988/004147
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Michael M. D. O'brien
Lori Leishman
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Bax Associates
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00—Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F7/02—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00—Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F2007/0001—Body part

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  • This invention generally relates to apparati for the application of therapeutic hot or cold treatments to the human body, and in particular it relates to an applicator for applying a hot or cold gel pack to the human body.
  • the gel pack invented by Jacob Spencer, disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,885,403, has become the preferred apparatus for providing a heat source or sink for the therapeutic treatment of the human body.
  • Several devices have been devised for holding a gel pack in contact with the human body.
  • PELTON U.S. Patent No. 4,055,188, teaches a device which is typical of such gel pack holding apparati.
  • Pelton teaches a therapeutic wrap consisting of an elongated, flexible, resilient bandage having a pocket for carrying a gel pack.
  • Pelton incorporates an elastic bandage to provide the necessary resilience for holding the gel pack in contact with the body.
  • One disadvantage to this is that in applying the gel pack to the small limb areas, head, neck and face is that the elastic bandage must be wrapped tightly to keep the gel pack in place. In fact, the bandage has to be wrapped so tightly that it tends to restrict the circulation in these body areas. This is clearly an unacceptable situation, especially in the head and neck areas. Additionally, in applying the Pelton device to a small limb area, such as the ankle, the bandage must be wrapped around the foot and ankle several times.
  • a gel pack applicator capable of applying both hot or cold gel packs which includes a gel pack pocket having an insulated outer surface and a means for holding the gel pack pocket in contact with the small limb areas, head, neck and face of the human body, without undue restriction.
  • a gel pack holder having an insulated outer surface and an adjustable, direction independent and nonelastic attachment means for holding the gel pack pocket in contact with the small limb areas, head, neck and face of the body.
  • a rectangular pocket enclosure having a length approximately twice that of its width and an insulated outer panel.
  • a pair of elongated attachments strips are attached at the non- opening end in parallel spaced relation and have a nondirectional, adjustable attachment means for attach ⁇ ing to the opening end of the rectangular pocket enclosure.
  • the opening end is further provided with a closure means for enclosing a gel pack within the pocket.
  • the elongated attachment strips are manufac ⁇ tured from a nonelastic material and configured such that when the gel pack is applied to the body, the strips can be wrapped around the body part at virtually any angle and secured to the other end of the rectan ⁇ gular pocket enclosure at any point along their length.
  • the adjustable attachment is advantageously provided by hook and loop surfaces on the elongated attachment strips and outer surface of the insulated panel. Attachment strip extenders are provided to increase the effective length of the attachment strips.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective representational view of a universal gel pack applicator.
  • Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective representational view of a gel pack and universal gel pack applicator.
  • Fig. 3 shows the universal get pack applicator applied to the ankle portion of the human body.
  • Fig. 4 shows an attachment strip extender.
  • Fig. 5 shows universal gel pack applicator applied to the neck portion of the human body.
  • Fig. 6 shows the universal gel pack applicator applied to the face portion of a human body.
  • Fig. 1 having a rectangular pocket enclosure 11 with elongated attachment strips 12 attached thereto. Elongated attachment strips 12 are attached to closed end 15 of rectangular pocket enclosure 11. Rectangular pocket enclosure 11 has a first rectangular insulated textile panel 13 defining the outer surface of rectangular pocket enclosure 11. First rectangular insulated textile panel 13 advantageously reduces the rate of heat loss or absorption of an enclosed gel pack to the environmen .
  • the rectangular pocket enclosure 11 which is shown in Fig. 1, is constructed from first rectangular insulated textile panel 13 and second rectangular textile panel 14. Panels 13 and 14 are sewn or otherwise joined together along coincident sides 17 and one end, defined as closed end 15. '
  • the rectangular panels 13 and 14 are advantageously sized having a length which is twice as great as the width. Standard gel packs, such as gel pack 1, are generally produced having similar length to width dimension ratios.
  • Elongated attachment strips 12 advantageously have a length approximately equal to that of the length of rectangular pocket enclosure 11.
  • Elongated attachment strips 12 are further provided with latch surface 18 along the length of their inner surface.
  • Hook surfaces 19 are provided at open end 16. Latch and hook surfaces 18 and 19 together provide a non-directional, adjustable attachment means for securing universal gel pack applicator 10 to a portion of the human body.
  • Closure means 20 is provided on the inside surfaces of open end 16 for closing rectangular pocket enclosure 11 and enclosing gel pack 1 therein.
  • universal gel pack applicator 10 has either a cooled or heated gel pack 1 installed within rectan ⁇ gular pocket enclosure 11. Universal gel applicator 10 is then placed with second rectangular textile panel 14 contacting the treatment area. Elongated attachment strips 12 are then wrapped around the adjacent body part and secured to open end 16 via latch and hook surfaces 18 and 19. Fig. 3 shows universal gel pack applicator 10 applied to the ankle area of a patient. Elongated attachment strips 12 are advantageously wrapped around the ankle and rectangular pocket enclosure 11 in different directions and multiply secured to hook surface 19 at convenient angles. The advantage of the non-directional attachment means of the present inven ⁇ tion is readily demonstrated by this particular con ⁇ figuration. Using the non-elastic, non-directional, adjustable attachment means of the present invention, the universal gel pack applicator 10 can be applied to the ankle area without risk of loss of circulation to the toe extremities.
  • Fig. 4 shows an attachment strip extender 12a constructed from an elongated textile strip 21 having a latch surface 18 on its inner surface.
  • Tab 22, having a hook surface 19, is secured to one end of strip 21 for engaging the latch surface 18 of the elongated attach ⁇ ment strip 12 of Figs. 1-3.
  • Extender 12a is provided to increase the effective length of elongated attachment strips 12 to facilitate securing gel pack applicator 10 around larger portions of the human body, as is shown in Figs. 5 and 6.
  • universal gel pack applicator 10 is shown in a configuration for treating the neck and jaw area of a patient.
  • Elongated attach ⁇ ment strips 12 and extenders 12a shown in Fig.
  • Fig. 6 shows a similar configuration wherein universal gel pack applicator 10 is applied to the face of the patient. Again, elongated attachments strips 12 and extenders 12a are advantageously crossed behind the patient's head and secured to open end 16. The ability of elongated attachment strips 12 and/or extenders 12a to cross one another in this manner allows universal gel pack applicator 10 to be applied to areas of human body which were previously untreatable by the devices in the prior art.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un applicateur (10) de gel comportant un étui (11) en forme de poche rectangulaire, dont la largeur représente approximativement le double de celle de la largeur, ainsi qu'un panneau extérieur isolé (13). Une paire de bandes d'attache allongées (12) sont fixées à l'extrémité (15) dépourvue d'ouverture dans une relation espacée parallèle. Une fixation réglable non directionnelle est ménagée par une surface de fermeture (19) et une surface de fixation (20) permettant d'attacher lesdites bandes d'attache (12) aux extrémités d'ouverture (16) de l'étui (11) en forme de poche rectangulaire.
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EP0483968A1 (fr) * 1990-10-30 1992-05-06 PACKAGING ELECTRONICS & DEVICES CORP. Moufle de thérapie et procédé de fabrication
FR2782001A1 (fr) * 1998-08-04 2000-02-11 Gerard Louis Pate ou gel d'argile recevant le froid et le chaud et le restituant par l'intermediaire d'une enveloppe souple
US11911585B2 (en) 2017-07-20 2024-02-27 Merit Medical Systems, Inc. Methods and systems for coupling conduits

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US1473506A (en) * 1922-05-25 1923-11-06 Nessler Sylvia Thermotherapeutic applicator
US3736769A (en) * 1971-07-01 1973-06-05 Union Carbide Corp Cooling device
US3889684A (en) * 1974-02-01 1975-06-17 Steve Lebold Hot and cold pack
US4347848A (en) * 1980-09-05 1982-09-07 Tecnol, Inc. Small ice pack
US4688572A (en) * 1986-01-21 1987-08-25 Tecnol, Inc. Medical/sports thermal pack

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US1473506A (en) * 1922-05-25 1923-11-06 Nessler Sylvia Thermotherapeutic applicator
US3736769A (en) * 1971-07-01 1973-06-05 Union Carbide Corp Cooling device
US3889684A (en) * 1974-02-01 1975-06-17 Steve Lebold Hot and cold pack
US4347848A (en) * 1980-09-05 1982-09-07 Tecnol, Inc. Small ice pack
US4688572A (en) * 1986-01-21 1987-08-25 Tecnol, Inc. Medical/sports thermal pack

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0483968A1 (fr) * 1990-10-30 1992-05-06 PACKAGING ELECTRONICS & DEVICES CORP. Moufle de thérapie et procédé de fabrication
FR2782001A1 (fr) * 1998-08-04 2000-02-11 Gerard Louis Pate ou gel d'argile recevant le froid et le chaud et le restituant par l'intermediaire d'une enveloppe souple
WO2000007529A1 (fr) * 1998-08-04 2000-02-17 Louis Gerard Enveloppe souple contenant une pate ou gel d'argile
US11911585B2 (en) 2017-07-20 2024-02-27 Merit Medical Systems, Inc. Methods and systems for coupling conduits

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