A system and method for providing a universal wrap that can apply a thermal pack to many different regions of a patient's body. The universal wrap is provided in a standardized form. The medical provider is provided with options to modify the standardized form in order to adapt the wrap to many different applications.

A warming device containing a topsheet to be located close to a skin of a user, a backsheet to be located far from the skin of the user, and a heat generating element interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The heat generating element contains an oxidizable metal, a carbon material, an electrolyte, and water, the heat generating element is configured to generate vapor from the heat generating element itself as heat is generated, the topsheet includes a breathable fiber sheet including fibers containing at least a polyethylene terephthalate resin, and the topsheet contains first fibers having a fiber diameter of more than 15 ?m in plan view as measured by observation under a scanning electron microscope.

An economical dual modality system can be manufactured and used in a method including the steps of assembling a system including a durable energy subsystem and a replaceable thermal subsystem, activating the replaceable thermal subsystem, attaching the system to a desired treatment area of a user's body, and activating the durable energy subsystem. The durable energy subsystem is arranged and configured to deliver energy, and the replaceable thermal subsystem is arranged and configured to be coupled to the durable energy subsystem arranged and configured to deliver thermal energy. The replaceable thermal subsystem delivers thermal energy to the desired treatment area at a predetermined temperature range for at least 30 minutes, and the durable energy subsystem delivers energy from the group consisting of non-visible light electromagnetic radiation, visible light radiation, electromagnetic field, microcurrent, electrical stimulation, iontophoresis, sonophoresis and combinations thereof independently of the thermal energy.

A dual modality system includes a flexible chassis including a durable energy subsystem and a replaceable thermal subsystem. The durable energy subsystem has a plurality of energy emitters disposed in an emission region of the chassis having a length and a width, wherein the emission region length and emission region width are both substantially greater than an emission region depth. The replaceable thermal subsystem has a thermal source affixed to flexible web having an adhesive surface and at least one structure arranged and configured to couple the thermal subsystem to a chassis comprising a durable energy subsystem in a configuration wherein the thermal source is substantially superposed over the emission region of the chassis.

A dual modality system includes a chassis having a receptacle and means to couple the chassis to a desired treatment area of a user's body; a durable energy subsystem coupled to the chassis, arranged and configured to deliver energy to the desired treatment area of a user's body; and a replaceable thermal subsystem arranged and configured for removable placement in the receptacle of the chassis, arranged and configured to deliver thermal energy.

This invention is a method for preventing, or reducing the severity of, traumatic brain injury (TBI) by increasing the viscosity of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to enhance an existing protective mechanism of the body. The invention increases the viscosity of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that surrounds the brain such that the CSF fluid provides a greater resistance to the movement of the brain to slow its movement relative to the skull during an impact event, thereby reducing the magnitude of acceleration of the brain relative to the skull. Consequently, this method can reduce the severity of impacts on the brain, thereby reducing the potential damage associated with said impacts.

The present disclosure describes a system for providing targeted, temperature regulated therapy to a user. The system includes a convective unit and a forced air controller, with the convective unit including a sleeve for securing to a desired portion of the user's anatomy. The convective unit is fluidly coupled to the forced air controller, which is operable to transport a thermally conditioned air stream to an inflatable chamber in the sleeve. The convective unit receives the air stream, inflates, distributes the typically warmed, pressurized air within the inflatable chamber, and emits the air through one or more air permeable surfaces for convective transfer of heat to the body of the wearer enveloped by the sleeve.

A protective band having chips includes a band body having a plurality of compartments. The compartments are provided with chip sets, respectively. Each chip set has two fixing films and a plurality of chips wrapped between the fixing films. The fixing films each have a fixed end fixed to a corresponding one of the compartments and a free end accommodated in the corresponding compartment. The protective band can be attached to the user's skin to radiate far infrared rays. Through the fixed ends of the fixing films fixed to the corresponding compartment, the fixing films are maintained at a predetermined position to enhance the wearing comfort and maintain the radiation effect of the chip sets.

A hand therapy kit includes a housing having a lid that is expandable from a folded position to an unfolded position to expose a working surface on an inside of the lid. An elastic cord is attached at two or more anchor points on the working surface to define at least one gap for receiving a finger. The finger can be therapeutically exercised by moving from a first position proximal to the working surface to a second position distal to the working surface. The hand therapy kit can also include removable hand therapy modules, including a therapeutic tracking glove and/or a pressure sensor ball.

A thermal wrap having identical side portions, each having a pocket formed therein for receiving thermal material such as gel packs or instant/single use chemically activated thermal packs. The side portions are made of an expandable material and connected at the top by at least two independently attached non-elasticated side straps or loop straps which slide through buckles and attach to two adjacent hook pieces, and at the bottom by a pair of cooperating chin straps made from the same material as the main structure that connects the two pouches which further ensures that the pockets allow for even application as well as increased pressure of thermal energy to the head, neck, or face including the mandibular region of the face according to the users desirable fit and pressure. The pockets are sized to receive standard sized gel packs with dimensions relative to the region of the body being treated.