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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
John G. Matta, Oldsmar, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A therapeutic heat transfer pad includes a pad assembly having two sheets of impervious material connected or bonded to one another by an edge seal or seam along perimeters thereof to form a fluid receiving cavity therebetween. The sheets are also connected or bonded to one another by a plurality of inner seals or seams located interiorly of the edge seal to define a plurality of interconnected fluid passages. A pair of fluid inlet tubes extend into the fluid receiving cavity from externally of the pad assembly for introducing a heat transfer fluid into the fluid receiving cavity. The inlet tubes enter the fluid receiving cavity at a common entry point or location and terminate within the fluid receiving cavity at open ends, respectively. The open ends of the inlet tubes are spaced from one another in the fluid receiving cavity and are adjacent and in communication with different ones of the fluid passages. An outlet tube extends from the fluid receiving cavity externally of the pad assembly and has an open end disposed in the fluid receiving cavity for removal of the heat transfer fluid therefrom.