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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott D. Augustine, Bloomington, MN (US);
Keith J. Leland, Plymouth, MN (US);
John P. Rock, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Donald E. Stapf, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Augustine Medical, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A tissue treatment apparatus is provided which includes a thermally conductive bandage, a heater in thermal contact with the bandage over a tissue treatment area, a heat spreading means acting between the heater and the bandage for laterally spreading heat transferred from the heater to the bandage in order that heat be substantially uniformly distributed across the bandage.