US 11,723,793 B2
Thermal transfer device for providing thermal treatment to a patient
Gregory S. Taylor, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Ryan Ross, New Carlisle, IN (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,292.
Application 17/559,292 is a continuation of application No. 16/220,586, filed on Dec. 14, 2018, granted, now 11,246,746.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/609,036, filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110784 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/08 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61F 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 7/0053 (2013.01) [A61F 7/0085 (2013.01); A61F 7/0097 (2013.01); A61F 7/08 (2013.01); A61G 7/05 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0093 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0094 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0096 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0295 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0298 (2013.01); A61G 2210/70 (2013.01); A61G 2210/90 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A thermal transfer device comprising:
a patient support portion adapted to support and contact a patient requiring thermal treatment with the patient support portion defining a first segment of a fluid flow path to receive a fluid from a fluid source for providing the thermal treatment;
a flexible covering coupled to the patient support portion and movable relative to the patient support portion to define a space therebetween adapted to receive and substantially conform to a portion of the patient with the flexible covering defining a second segment of the fluid flow path to receive the fluid from the fluid source for providing the thermal treatment; wherein the first and second segments of the fluid flow path are continuous and are arranged in a tortuous configuration; and
an inlet and an outlet arranged to circulate the fluid from the fluid source through the fluid flow path for supplying heat to or removing heat from the patient support portion and the flexible covering.