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US5020536:
Postoperative cryokinetic therapy apparatus and method
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Keen, Robert E.; Champaign, IL 61820
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1991-06-04
/ 1986-02-25
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| Application Number: |
US1986000832695
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 7/10;
Core:
A61F 7/00;
IPC-7:
A61F 7/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F7/10B; K61F7/00A;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
607/109;
Original:
128/402;
128/163;
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| Field of Search: |
002/171.2
128/163,164,380,400,402,76 R B
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| Priority Number: |
| 1986-02-25 |
US1986000832695 |
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| Abstract: |
A postoperative cryokinetic therapy apparatus for selectively positioning a cold pack such as ice on the face of a patient following oral and maxillofacial surgery and for retaining the cold pack in the selected position during the patient's exercise of the jaw muscles. The apparatus comprises two vertical and one horizontal strap selectively adjustable and secured by velcro to facilitate the positioning of the cold pack. The vertical strap contains pouches on the patients facing side thereof for removably receiving sealable containers for ice or the like.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Rogers & Killeen ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Yu, Mickey;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. Apparatus for postoperative cryokinetic therapy following oral and maxillofacial surgery comprising:
- a first flat vertical strap of predetermined length having a loop intermediate the ends thereof;
- a first pouch carried by said first vertical strap on the flat side thereof facing the patient;
- first and second "VELCRO"-like hook surfaces carried respectively by said first strap over adjacent opposite ends of said first strap on the flat side thereof facing away from the patient, said "VELCRO"-like surfaces aggregating in length approximately fifty percent of the length of said first strap;
- a second flat vertical strap having a length approximating that of said first strap and a loop intermediate the ends thereof;
- first and second "VELCRO"-like eye surfaces carried respectively by said second strap adjacent opposite ends of said second strap on the flat side thereof facing the patient, said "VELCRO"-like surface aggregating in length approximately fifty percent of the length of said second strap;
- a flat horizontal strap passing through the loops in said first and second vertical straps, said horizontal strap having a length approximately 150 percent of the length of said first and second straps and having a "VELCRO"-like hook surface adjacent one end thereof on the flat side facing away from the patient and a "VELCRO"-like eye surface adjacent the other end thereof on the flat side thereof facing the patient, said patient, said "VELCRO"-like surfaces aggregating in length approximately thirty-five percent of the length thereof; and
- a sealable container for ice sized and configured for removable insertion into said first pouch to thereby apply cold to a preselected area of the patient's face during the exercise of the jaw muscle by the patient.
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