Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
38 words
1 . A therapeutic device for absorbing vibrations along body muscles tending to traumatize portions thereof, characterized by a pad of vibration-absorbing permanently-fluid material, having a viscosity of about 1 00,000 to about 1,000,000 SUS units at 100°F.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
38 words
1 . A therapeutic device for absorbing vibrations along body muscles tending to traumatize portions thereof, characterized by a pad of vibration-absorbing permanently-fluid material, having a viscosity of about 1 00,000 to about 1,000,000 SUS units at 100°F.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
79 words
The device claimed in claim 1 constructed for controlling epicondylalgia externa in a person to minimize the incidence thereof or relieve the symptoms thereof, characterized in that the pad is dimensioned to extend over an area of the forearm of the wearer of the device which is at least half of the area of extensor or flexor muscles in the forearm projected to the forearm surface and means is provided for maintaining the pad in contact with the forearm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The device claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the holding means comprises a forearm encircling tubular member constructed of expandable material and contoured to fit over a forearm, and the pad is mounted to an internal surface of the tubular member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The device claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the tubular member is a conical sleeve constructed of flexible woven or knitted elastic material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The device of claim 4; characterized in that the pad is removably attached to the inside surface of the tubular member in non-movable relationship with respect thereto adjacent the wider diameter end thereof.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
43 words
The device claimed in,any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that strap means is attached to the tubular member adjacent the.wider diameter end thereof and encircling the tubular member to secure the tubular member to the largest diameter of the forearm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The device claimed in claim 6, characterized in that tightening means is associated with the free end of the strap means for tightening the strap means in tension about the tubular member when positioned on a forearm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The device claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the pad is shaped to conform to the shape of the forearm which it is to engage.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
28 words
The device claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the high viscosity material has a thermal conductivity of less than about 0.1 W/(m.°C).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
63 words
A therapeutic device in the form of a passive heating pad comprising at least one flexible generally planar envelope dimensioned to engage an area of skin adjacent muscle tissue to be treated and flexible to snugly engage the skin area, characterized by at least one envelope filled with a highly viscous permanently-liquid material having a thermal conductivity of less than about 0.1 W/(m.°C).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
63 words
A therapeutic device in the form of a passive heating pad comprising at least one flexible generally planar envelope dimensioned to engage an area of skin adjacent muscle tissue to be treated and flexible to snugly engage the skin area, characterized by at least one envelope filled with a highly viscous permanently-liquid material having a thermal conductivity of less than about 0.1 W/(m.°C).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
45 words
The heating pad claimed in claim 10 characterized in that the pad is provided as one of a sheet of identical heating pads arranged with tear lines between individual pads to permit the provision of single or multiple pad units for a desired end use.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
The heating pad claimed in claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the highly viscous material has a viscosity in the range of about 100,000 to about 1,000,000 SUS units at 100°F.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
30 words
The device claimed in any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the material comprises a continuous liquid phase and finely-divided solid material dispersed in said liquid phase.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
23 words
The device claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the material has a decreasing viscosity with increasing temperature.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
21 words
The device claimed in any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the material has a high specific heat.