US 12,433,785 B2
Gel pad assembly using free rotatable fluid joints
Qihua Xu, Cary, NC (US); Eric A. Fallows, Apex, NC (US); Adam T. Martin, Holly Springs, NC (US); Nicholas J. Jardine, Holly Springs, NC (US); and Sean E. Walker, Platteville, CO (US)
Assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/678,965.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/152,733, filed on Feb. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265468 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/02 (2006.01); A61F 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 7/08 (2013.01) [A61F 7/02 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0219 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0244 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical pad for exchanging thermal energy between a targeted temperature management (TTM) fluid and a patient, the medical pad comprising:
a fluid containing layer having a top side and a bottom side, wherein:
the fluid containing layer is configured for containing the TTM fluid,
the fluid containing layer comprises a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and
the TTM fluid is circulatable within the fluid containing layer from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet; and
a fluid conduit attached to one of the fluid inlet or the fluid outlet via a rotatable joint, the rotatable joint configured to facilitate rotation of the fluid conduit with respect to the medical pad, wherein:
the rotatable joint comprises:
a first joint member attached to the fluid conduit, the first joint member comprising a first outside annular surface; and
a second joint member attached to the fluid containing layer, the second joint member comprising an opening including a first inside annular surface having a first diameter,
the first joint member is rotatable with respect to the second joint member, and
the first outside annular surface is disposed in sliding engagement with the first inside annular surface.