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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ernesto A. Torres, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Assignee:
CleanAIR Systems Inc., Santa Fe, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A shapeable, glycerine-free cold pack for providing cold therapy, and a method of producing the same, are provided. The pack comprises a plurality of encapsulated units, wherein a mixture of an NaCl based salt dissolved in water is encapsulated in polyacrylamide. An impermeable enclosure contains the encapsulated units or mini-gels to form the pack, which is pliable over a range of temperatures applicable to cold therapy.