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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
Medivance Incorporated, Louisville, CO (US);
Marc E. Voorhees, Arvada, CO (US);
Michael R. Hoglund, Windsor, CO (US);
Keir D. Hart, Lafayette, CO (US);
Medivance Incorporated, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
An improved medical pad for contact thermal exchange with a patient includes a fluid circulation layer for containing a thermal exchange fluid circulatable therethrough, a first port and a second port for circulating the thermal exchange fluid in to and out of the fluid circulation layer, and a hydrogel layer interconnected to and extending across one side of the fluid circulation layer to define an adhesive surface for adherence to a patient's skin. The hydrogel layer can include an ultraviolet light-cured composition with a cross-linking copolymer, water, and glycerol. The hydrogel layer is provided to have a thermal conductivity of at least about 1.9 ca//hr-cm-° C.