Abstract: The invention provides systems for topically heating or cooling an animal or human body, and more particularly concerns a modular system in which a heating or cooling liquid is circulated in a hermetically sealed flow path between a heating or cooling device and a heating or cooling pad. In a preferred embodiment, the flow path includes a cassette which is reversibly engageable with a pump and a heating or cooling unit located in a housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 16, 1992
Date of Patent:
September 6, 1994
Assignee:
Lake Shore Medical Development Partners, Ltd.
Abstract: The invention provides systems for topically heating or cooling an animal or human body, and more particularly concerns a modular system in which a heating or cooling liquid is circulated in a hermetically sealed flow path between a heating or cooling device and a heating or cooling pad. In a preferred embodiment, the flow path includes a cassette which is reversibly engageable with a pump and a heating or cooling unit located in a housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 8, 1990
Date of Patent:
December 29, 1992
Assignee:
Lake Shore Medical Development Partners Ltd.