A heat/thermal treatment is topically applied to skin lesions, skin cancers, metastatic cancer to the skin, other cancers, abnormal pre-cancer dysplasia cells, bacterial, fungal, viral, parasitic and other pathogens on or below the skin or skull. Insect borne diseases such as cutaneous leishmaniasis includes the topical administration of temperature controlled hot air to the skin or skull, or below the skin or skull, or directly to an internal lesion of an infected patient, with a concentrated heat source to an open outlet to raise the skin lesion temperature to a temperature capable of destroying pathogens causing cutaneous leishmaniasis and/or other viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic or other diseases on or below the skin or skull of a patient. The invention may be administered within the body of the patient if the interior of the body is exposed during surgery.

The air flow system includes a hose member having an exterior flow tube and an interior flow tube, a distal connector, and a proximal connector. The air flow in the interior flow tube is separate from the exterior flow tube. Air flows from the exterior flow tube, through a flow chamber, around a treatment site of inflammation and back to the interior flow tube. The system for air circulation therapy also includes a body attachment device, an air pump supply, an air recovery unit, a temperature sensor, an air flow sensor, and a controller. The method includes inserting a body part with a treatment site within the flow chamber-and sealing the flow chamber to the air flow system. Temperature regulated air flow is supplied to the treatment site in the flow chamber and collected from the flow chamber.

Methods, devices and systems for improving sleep (including reducing sleep onset and maintenance of sleep duration), enhancing, or increasing sleep, including (but not limited to) treating sleeping disorders such as insomnia.

Presented herein are various systems, methods, and apparatuses for heating infusate by an induction heater e.g., an electromagnetic heater, and storing thermal energy in a reservoir of thusly heated infusate. In certain embodiments, a system includes a reservoir for containing an infusate, a fluid heater, a diversion valve, a patient line, and a recirculation line.

An applicator comprising at least two applicator elements and one of the at least two applicator elements at least partially surrounds or encompasses other of the at least two applicator elements. One of the at least two applicator element is constructed from a filament constructed at least partially from a thermal storage material that is capable of retaining heat or cold for application to a body, and comprises at least two loops which provide a discontinuous application surface.

An apparatus and method of controlling a temperature within an isolette includes obtaining a temperature of ambient air external to the isolette, obtaining a base-line ambient air temperature, and calculating a maximum heater power level based on a relationship between the base-line ambient air temperature and the actual ambient air temperature.

A catheter is disclosed comprising a catheter shaft including a proximal end and a distal end. A flexible framework can be connected to the distal end of the catheter shaft, wherein the flexible framework includes a plurality of heating electrodes and a temperature sensor. The plurality of heating electrodes can be configured to be heated to a first temperature, the first temperature being lower than which radio frequency ablation is performed. The plurality of heating electrodes can be configured to be heated to a second temperature, the second temperature being a temperature at which radio frequency ablation is performed.

The invention provides forced air warming apparatus for providing air to a patient temperature regulation tool for regulating the temperature of a patient, the forced air warming apparatus comprising: a housing; an air pressurising device provided within the housing, the air pressurising device being configured to receive an air intake and to pressurise air from the air intake; and a suspension configured to restrict transfer to the housing of vibrations caused by the air pressurising device pressurising the said air from the air intake.

A heating and cooling mat assembly includes a mat having a bottom wall, a top wall and a perimeter wall. A conduit is positioned in the man and has fluid therein. A pump is in fluid communication with the conduit to pump the fluid through the conduit. A heat emitter is thermal communication with the liquid in the conduit. The heat emitter warms the liquid when the heat emitter is turned on. A cartridge is removably couplable to the mat. The cartridge includes a pair of first ports. The conduit is in fluid communication with a pair of second ports. Each of the first ports is removably coupled to one of the second ports to fluidly couple the conduit to the cartridge. The cartridge is fillable with a cold fluid so that the conduit is cooled when the pump is turned on and the cartridge is coupled to the conduit.

A catheter for the delivery of a therapeutic fluid to a patient's cavity is provided. The catheter includes an inflow lumen for delivering fluid to the patient's cavity; an outflow lumen for recovering fluid from the patient's cavity; an electrode located, in use, in the patient's cavity; and structure for supplying power to the electrode. Also provided is a system for the delivery of a therapeutic fluid to a patient's cavity, including the catheter, and a method for delivering a therapeutic fluid into a patient's cavity, including the step of using the catheter.