Patent ID: 9572708
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61N

Claim:
1. A wearable nerve-stimulating thermal wrap comprising: a thermal media laminate comprised of a web of plastic film sealed at a plurality of locations to a web of fabric with spaces between the sealed locations comprising cells, each cell being a pocket surrounded by locations at which the plastic film is sealed to the web of fabric, each cell containing an absorbent solid state thermal medium, said thermal media laminate further comprising at least one electrode area, each electrode area being devoid of cells and being sized and shaped to receive a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation electrode, an insulating backing attached to the plastic film opposite the web of fabric, a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation electrode attached to at least one electrode area, a wire lead extending from the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation electrode, a first aperture in the thermal media laminate at one of the locations at which the plastic film is sealed to the web of fabric adjacent to one of the at least one electrode area, and a second aperture in the insulating backing in alignment with the first aperture, the wire lead of the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation electrode extending through the first aperture and the second aperture, an attachment band attached to the thermal media laminate, said attachment band being sized to releasably secure the thermal media laminate to a wearer, and a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation unit operably coupled to the wire lead of the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation electrode.