Patent ID: 8505270
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: A01L,A61D,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for treating equine laminitis by auto-massage, comprising the steps of: providing a boot having an underside and a reservoir made of elastic material in the shape of a cryotherapy bladder, fitting the boot over a hoof on a horse's foot, providing an arrangement which angles said underside downwardly toward a front thereof at an angle up to 20°, providing a lowermost sole having a convex surface as a lower surface of the lowermost sole, the convex surface extending continuously over a majority of a length of the lowermost sole so that the convex surface rocks back and forth, applying the lowermost sole to the underside of the boot by screws such that the lower convex surface of the lowermost sole supports the boot on a ground surface, inserting the reservoir in the shape of the cryotherapy bladder into said boot such that the bladder is in direct contact with the horse's hoof, fitting a refrigerated leg piece over a horse's leg, the refrigerated leg piece having two tubes extending therefrom, inserting two tubes into the bladder of the boot, connecting the two tubes of the refrigerated leg piece to the aforesaid tubes inserted into the bladder, and connecting said leg piece to an external system for refrigeration by circulation of a non-allergenic fluid.