US 12,257,182 B2
Device and method of treating menopausal hot flashes
Miriam Baker, Fort Lee, NJ (US); Alyssa Dweck, Armonk, NY (US); and Nyiri Grigorian, Tenafly, NJ (US)
Filed by Miriam Baker, Fort Lee, NJ (US); Alyssa Dweck, Armonk, NY (US); and Nyiri Grigorian, Tenafly, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,949.
Application 17/722,949 is a continuation of application No. 16/588,321, filed on Sep. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,331,214.
Application 16/588,321 is a continuation of application No. 14/913,084, granted, now 10,470,923, issued on Nov. 12, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2015/010310, filed on Jan. 6, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/925,494, filed on Jan. 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233348 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 7/02 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 7/02 (2013.01) [A61F 7/10 (2013.01); A61F 2007/005 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0219 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0226 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0236 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device used for providing relief from hot flashes in perimenopausal and menopausal women, the device consisting of:
a cooling agent distributed over at least a portion of an area of the device, wherein the cooling agent is a gel utilizing polymer;
the device is configured as a heart-shaped pad having a tip portion and two rounded bottom portions, and wherein the cooling agent is distributed in the pad at least at the tip portion and at the two rounded bottom portions, wherein the tip portion is positioned over the clitoris of the user and the two rounded bottom portions are positioned over the labia of the user;
at least one liner positioned against and attached to at least one side of the cooling agent over at least the portion of the area of the device, wherein the at least one liner comprises upper and lower liners; and
an adhesive, the adhesive being arranged on at least one side of the device so as to permit the device to be positionally affixed with respect to the anatomy of a user,
wherein the portion of the device having the cooling agent, when positioned for wear, is in direct contact with the clitoris and labia of the user to provide a cooling sensation to the clitoris and the labia and is not in direct contact with the urethra, vagina, and/or anus of the user.