Patent ID: 8287443
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A61F,A61G

Abstract:
1. A thermotherapy device comprising: a patient surface for a reclining patient; air outlet ducts extending at an edge of said patient surface, each of said ducts having a duct width and having two opposite limiting walls extending along a duct longitudinal direction, each of said limiting walls being arranged opposite each other corresponding to the duct width and having a duct discharge-side end for outflowing air defining an outflow air duct width, at least one of said limiting walls of at least one of said air outlet ducts being provided, at the discharge-side end thereof, with a cylinder extending in the duct longitudinal direction of said at least one of said air outlet ducts and in parallel to said patient surface, wherein said cylinder has a diameter corresponding to 0.005 to 0.2 times the outflow air duct width of said air outlet duct and wherein said cylinder suppresses swirling and mixing of outflowing air.