Patent ID: 7806841

Claim:
A non-ambulatory thermotherapy device for contacting and applying hot or cold therapy to a treatment area of a user of the non-ambulatory thermotherapy device, the non-ambulatory thermotherapy device comprising: at least one pad made of a gel material for contacting the user's treatment area and for undergoing heating or cooling to specific temperatures to apply hot or cold therapy, respectively, to the user's treatment area, the at least one pad having opposite main surfaces and a plurality of bumps extending from one of the main surfaces for increasing a surface contact between the gel material and irregularly shaped contours of the user's treatment area during application of hot or cold therapy to the user's treatment area; wherein the at least one pad comprises a first pad and the user's treatment area comprises a first part of the user's treatment area, and further comprising a second pad separate and independent from the first pad and made of a gel material for contacting a second part of the user's treatment area and for undergoing heating or cooling to specific temperatures to apply hot or cold therapy, respectively, to the second part of the user's treatment area, the second pad having opposite main surfaces and a plurality of bumps extending from one of the main surfaces for increasing a surface contact between the gel material and irregularly shaped contours of the second part of the user's treatment area during application of hot or cold therapy to the second part of the user's treatment area; wherein the first and second pads are contained in respective first and second cloth enclosures that house the first and second pads including the corresponding bumps, the first and second cloth enclosures being connected together to form a preselected configuration so that during use of the non-ambulatory thermotherapy device, the first and second pads contact the respective first and second parts of the user's treatment area for application of hot or cold therapy to the first and second parts of the user's treatment area, and further comprising means for adjusting the degree of contact between the bumps of the first and second pads and the corresponding first and second parts of the user's treatment area via the corresponding cloth enclosure; and wherein the preselected configuration of the connected first and second cloth enclosures housing the respective first and second pads is in the shape of a boot having a body formed of the first pad and the first cloth enclosure and a sole formed of the second pad and the second cloth enclosure, and wherein the means for adjusting comprises a strap attachment secured to the body, a pair of strap attachments secured to the sole, an adjustable strap secured to the sole for removable adjustable connection to one of the pair of strap attachments secured to the sole, and adjustable straps secured to the body for removable adjustable connection to the strap attachment secured to the body and the other of the pair of strap attachments secured to the sole, respectively.