Patent ID: 6235049
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A device for heat treatment of a body part comprising:at least one heating element having a plurality of separate heating cells flexibly interconnected to each other by a broad, flexible, supporting sheet having a flat surface on which said heating cells are fixedly attached in side-by-side planar relation with an interspace located between adjacent ones of said heating cells, each said heating cell including a fluid-sealed flexible wall defining a sealed inner space;a heat storage means including a fluid sealed within each said sealed inner space for acting as a heat reservoir from which heat can be drawn by said body part;a heating member including an electrical heating coil embedded within each said heat storage means for heating said heat storage means; andholding means for flexibly sandwiching said plurality of separate heating cells between said sheet and a surface of said body part such that said at least one heating element bends and substantially conforms to the shape of the surface of said body part.