Patent ID: 9649221
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A therapeutic device for providing continuously heated fluid to a human appendage, the therapeutic device comprising: (a) a housing comprising: (b) a top lid having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the bottom end is formed for fit over and cover the housing and to removably attach to an upper edge of the first side wall of the outside container, and wherein an opening is provided at the top end of the lid leading into the inside container for inserting said human appendage into the inside container; (c) a latex wrist seal attached to the top end of the top lid and covering the opening, wherein the latex wrist seal comprises an entrance slot for inserting said human appendage; (d) at least one actuated fluid circulator disposed within the housing and operable to rotate the heated fluid in a swirling motion within both the outside container and the inside container, wherein the first slot directs the heated fluid from the channel into the inside container and the second slot directs the heated fluid from the inside container to the channel through the slot, wherein the actuated fluid circulator is an impeller; (e) a heating element disposed within the channel and attached to the lid and configured to heat fluid introduced into the housing to continuously provide the heated fluid, wherein the heating element and the at least one motorized impeller are attached to the bottom end of the lid; (f) a handle attached to the top end of the top lid and configured to move the lid to cover or uncover the outside and inside containers; and (g) a strainer basket suspended within the channel configured to strain therapeutic substances in the heated fluid circulating within the channel or to release the therapeutic substances into the circulating heated fluid.