Patent ID: 9681980
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61H

Claim:
1. A system for stimulating glabrous tissue of a patient, comprising: a housing surrounding an enclosed chamber; a humidifier configured to supply only water vapor to the chamber, the water vapor resulting in humidified air within the chamber having a relative humidity of between about 90% and about 99%; and a patient port operably connected to the chamber and configured to house a region of the skin surface of a patient comprising the glabrous tissue, the patient port being configured to reversibly create a seal upon isolation of the region of the skin surface with respect to an interior of the chamber, wherein the system is not configured to alter the temperature in the interior of the chamber, wherein the system is configured to cause the glabrous tissue to reduce heat loss at least partially through the supply of water vapor to the glabrous tissue, wherein the region of the skin surface of the patient is limited to a portion of the upper extremity, wherein the system is configured when in use to supply only water vapor via humidified air without any other gases to the glabrous tissue.