Internal body heating devices

• US 3,170,465 A
• Filed: 06/26/1962
• Issued: 02/23/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James E. Henney, James J. Mccann
• Original Assignee: James E. Henney, James J. Mccann
• Inventors: Henney, James E., Mccann, James J.
• Application Number:
  US04/205,443
• Time in Patent Office: 973 Days
• US Class Current: 607/113
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/42 Gynaecological or obstetrical instruments or methods ligaturing clamps or clips for the umbilical cord A61B17/122; curettage A61B17/320708; dilators A61M29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/082 Probes or electrodes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/03 thermophore, i.e. self-heating, e.g. using a chemical reaction
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/12 Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities

Claims

1. AN ELECTRICAL HEATING DEVICE FOR APPLYING A CONTROLLED AMOUNT OF HEAT TO A PART OF THE HUMAN BODY WITHIN ONE OF ITS NATURAL CAVITIES WHILE THE PATIENT IS AMBULATORY COMPRISING A FORM-FITTING, MOSITURE-RESISTANT, HEATING TRANSMITTING, NON-ELECTRICAL-CONDUCTING HOUSING PORTION CONSTRUCTED FROM PHYSIOLOGICALLY AND CHEMICALLY INNOCUOUS MATERIAL SAID HOUSING PORTION HAVING A RESILIENTLY FLEXIBLE RELATIVELY THIN CONFIGURATION AND SHAPED TO CONFORM TO A PARTICULAR INTERNAL AREA OF THE BODY OF THE PATIENT, A METALLIC ELECTRICAL-RESISTANCE HEATING ELEMENT INCASED WITHIN THE MATERIAL OF WHICH SAID HOUSING PORTION IS CONSTRUCTED, A LIGHTWEIGHT, PORTABLE BATTERY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CURRENT,