Claims
- 1. A therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger, comprising, in combination
A. a bladder for containing a heat exchange medium, which bladder is compliant and is shaped to conform to a body part to be subjected to heat exchange; B. a gas pressure bladder overlaying at least a portion of the heat exchange medium bladder to direct gas pressure against said body part and against said portion to press the portion towards said body part, which gas pressure bladder is defined at least partially by a first pair of generally parallel walls; and C. a plurality of first connections connecting said walls together interiorly of said gas pressure bladder to inhibit the separation of said walls:
- 2. The therapy component of claim 1 for an animate body heat exchanger in which said heat exchange medium bladder is configured to direct the flow of a heat exchange fluid therethrough.
- 3. The therapy component of claim 2 in which said bladder for containing a heat exchange medium is defined at least partially by a second pair of generally parallel walls.
- 4. The therapy component of claim 3 in which said bladders include a common wall which is both one of said first oar of walls and one of said second pair of walls.
- 5. The therapy component of claim 2 for an animate body hear exchanger further including a plurality of second connections interiorly of said heat exchange medium bladder to aid in directing a desired flow of said heat exchange fluid through the same.
- 6. The therapy component of claim 5 wherein said heat exchange fluid is a liquid.
- 7. The therapy component of claim 5 for an animate body heat exchanger wherein said first connections register with said second connections.
- 8. The therapy component of claim 5 for an animate body heat exchanger wherein said second connections are a dot matrix of connections or dispersing the flow of liquid in said heat exchange medium bladder.
- 9. The therapy component of claim 5 wherein said second connections are fences which direct the flow of liquid.
- 10. The therapy component of claim 5 for an animate body heat exchanger in which said second connections are both fences for directing the flow of a liquid through said bladder and a matrix of dot connections for dispersing the flow of liquid around such bladder.
- 11. The therapy component of claim 9 for an animate body heat exchanger wherein said first connections register with said second connections.
- 12. A therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger comprising, in combination:
A. a bladder configured to direct the flow of a heat exchange liquid therethrough, which bladder is compliant and is shaped to conform to a body part to be subjected to heat exchange; B. a gas pressure bladder overlaying the heat exchange liquid bladder to direct gas pressure against said body part and against said heat exchange liquid bladder to press the same toward said body part, which gas pressure bladder is defined by a first pair of generally parallel walls and said heat exchange liquid bladder is defined by a second pair of generally parallel walls; C A. a plurality of first connections connecting said first pair of walls together interiorly of said gas pressure bladder to inhibit the separation of said walls; and D. a plurality of second connections interiorly of said heat exchange liquid bladder to aid in directing a desired flocks of said heat exchange liquid through the same.
- 13. The therapy component of claim 12 in which said bladders include a common wall which is both one of said first pair of walls and one of said second pair of walls.
- 14. In a method of manufacturing a therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger, the combination of steps comprising:
A. securing a pair of generally liquid tight and compliant walls together to form a bladder for containing a heat exchange medium, which bladder is shaped to conform to a body part to be subjected to heat exchange; B. securing a pair of compliant walls together to form a gas pressure bladder to overlap at least a portion of the heat exchange medium bladder; and C. forming a plurality of first connections between said pair of walls which form said gas pressure bladder, interiorly of said gas pressure bladder to inhibit the separation of said walls.
- 15. The method of claim 14 for manufacturing a therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger wherein said steps of securing he first and second pairs of walls together include heat sealing the same together simultaneously.
- 16. The method of claim 14 for manufacturing a therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger wherein said steps of securing said walls together to form sad bladders includes heat sealing three sheets of material together to form both of said bladders with a common wall therebetween that is ore of both of said pairs of walls.
- 17. The method of claim 14 for manufacturing a therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger wherein said step of forming a plurality of first connections includes heat sealing said pair of walls forming said gas pressure bladder, at a plurality of locations generally interiorly of said gas pressure bladder to form said connections.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/493,746 filed Jan. 28, 2000 for CAP AND VEST GARMENT COMPONENTS OF AN ANIMATE BODY HEAT EXCHANGER, naming the applicant herein as the inventor.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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09493746 |
Jan 2000 |
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09765082 |
Jan 2001 |
US |