Patent ID: 11883353
Assignee: AQUAPASS LTD
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 32:
33. A method for treating fluid overload in a subject, the method comprising:
shifting fluids directly and non-invasively from an interstitial compartment of the subject to skin of the subject through controlled local fluid loss, thereby removing excess fluid from the interstitial compartment of the subject and treating fluid overload in the subject,
wherein the fluid loss is sweating that is stimulated by controlling an environment and elevating skin temperature of the subject within a chamber of a mobile, wearable apparatus fitted around a body part of a subject, said environment being monitored and controlled by a controller configured to control and adjust inflow air temperature and air flow rate into the chamber so as to maintain a temperature of the environment within the chamber between 32° C. and 50° C. and maintain an air flow rate of between 0.2 cubic meters per minute and 4 cubic meters per minute.