ARTHRITIS TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

• Main Authors: Schechter, Steven A, Basinger, David L, Hepp, James A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.11.2019
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BLASTING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; WEAPONS

An arthritis treatment system includes a cooling treatment mechanism for administering a cooling treatment protocol to a patient. The system also includes a heating treatment mechanism for administering a heating treatment protocol to the patient, distinctly and simultaneously with the cooling treatment protocol. The system further includes a controller for controlling both the cooling and heating treatment mechanisms. The arthritis treatment system simultaneously provides the cooling and heating treatment protocols to the patient, and the controller algorithmically adjusts the cooling and heating treatment protocols.