INSTANT COLD THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS

Abstract

An instant cold therapeutic apparatus, comprising: at least one squeezable packet (1) associated with the apparatus, wherein the packet is gently squeezed by a user, a first burstable pouch (2) present inside the packet filled with first non-toxic reactant and a second burstable pouch (3) available inside the packet having a second non-toxic reactant, wherein the pouches present inside the packet include two non-toxic reactants, which react to produce cooling sensation at the infected portion of the user body.

Claims

1. An instant cold therapeutic apparatus, comprising: at least one squeezable packet (1) associated with said apparatus, wherein said packet is gently squeezed by a user; a first burstable pouch (2) present inside said packet filled with non-toxic reactant as a first reactant, where said non-toxic reactant is a nitrogen containing compound; and a second burstable pouch (3) residing inside said packet having inorganic solvent as a second reactant, wherein said pouches burst inside said packet while pressing for mixing out said reactants so as to provide instant cooling sensation to the applied region of said user's body.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said packet (1) have dimensions similar to a palm of said user who is responsible to smooth out said gentle squeezing of said packet.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said squeezing ideally ranges between 20-35 Kgs/cm2 of said user hand force.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said nitrogen containing compound is preferably urea.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inorganic solvent is selected from group consisting of water, sulfur dioxide, sulfuryl chloride, phosphoryl chloride, and dinitrogen tetroxide.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mixing ratio of said reactants during reaction is 1:3. Contain phosphate in a small along with urea.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said urea shows quick reaction in order to achieve better cooling results.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with regard to the following description, appended claims, and accompanying drawings where:

[0031] FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of an instant cold therapeutic apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and

[0032] FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of two pouches in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0033] The following description includes the preferred best mode of one embodiment of the present invention. It will be clear from this description of the invention that the invention is not limited to these illustrated embodiments but that the invention also includes a variety of modifications and embodiments thereto. Therefore, the present description should be seen as illustrative and not limiting. While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative constructions, it should be understood, that there is no intention to limit the invention to the specific form disclosed, but, on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, alternative constructions, and equivalents falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

[0034] The present invention relates to an instant cold therapeutic apparatus for treating bruises, insect bites, and repetitive strain injuries, such as tendinitis in quick time and is non-toxic, sustainable, biodegradable in nature to minimize the plastic waste as well as have protracted period of cooling.

[0035] The apparatus is fabricated to decline the flow rate of body fluid, such as blood during the injuries which is helpful in reducing the swelling pain and further damages. It is having rectangular configuration and made up of non-toxic and biodegradable material which makes it reusable in nature. As the apparatus includes two different compartments, such as first and second compartments. Both the compartments are having similar configuration. They are present inside the enclosure. The one of the compartments known as “first pouch” comprises non-toxic reactant and on the other hand the other compartment which is known as “second pouch” includes inorganic solvent as a second reactant. The two reactants combine together to produce cooling sensation on the affected area of the body.

[0036] Referring to FIG. 1, a front view of an instant cold therapeutic apparatus is illustrated herein. The apparatus comprises a packet (1) (enclosure) and two pouches (2), (3) (inner compartments).

[0037] The apparatus is having rectangular shape and flimsy in nature, which make it easy to carry from one place to another. It is made up of a safe, non-toxic, and biodegradable material. It is only applied on the external body part of the user. It works on the amount of external force applied by the user hand which further helps in bursting of two pouches containing two reactants to give cooling sensation on the injured area.

[0038] The apparatus comprises packet having length of about 250 millimeter and breadth of about 166 millimeter. When the user put the packet on his/her hand then he or she can squeeze the packet with his or her palm by applying normal hand force of about 20-35 kgs/cm.sup.2. Once the external force is applied the inner pouches open itself and activate the apparatus, so as to produce relief on the injured portion of the user body.

[0039] The packet (1) comprises two pouches (2), (3) of almost similar geometry. Both the pouches are arranged in an opposite manner to each other. Due to which when the user squeezes the packet with his/her hand force the two pouches present inside the packet bombard with each other. When both the pouches bombard with one another then the poches burst. The reactants present inside the both pouches come in contact to each other to produce the product which is responsible for producing the cooling sensation of the affected portion of the user body.

[0040] The first pouch (2) is present on the right side inside the packet is having length of about 90 millimeter and breadth of about 95 millimeter. The first packet comprises a first component. The first component is non-toxic and eco-friendly in nature. It is also known as “nitrogen containing compound” and used as a fertilizer as a source of nitrogen. It is also used as important raw material for chemical industry. The first component is preferably urea having a linear formula (NH.sub.2—CO—NH.sub.2). The urea consists of two amine groups and one carbonyl group.

[0041] The urea is colorless, odorless solid, highly soluble in water, and non-toxic in nature. It is neither acidic nor alkaline in nature. It is also known as “Carbamide”.

[0042] The second pouch (3) is present inside the left side of the packet adjacent to the urea containing pouch. It is having length of about 90 millimeter and breadth of about 95 millimeter. The pouch comprises inorganic solvent as a second reactant. The inorganic solvent is selected from water, sulfur dioxide, sulfuryl chloride, phosphoryl chloride, and dinitrogen tetroxide, preferably water.

[0043] The water includes two atoms of hydrogen and single atom of oxygen, covalently combined with each other. It exists in three states, such as solid, liquid and gases. It is also known as “Oxidane”. It has boiling point of about 100 degree Celsius and density of about 997 kg/m.sup.3.

[0044] The two reactants are present inside the two pouches which are available inside the packet combine with each other to form ammonia gas and carbon-dioxide gas. It is generally an endothermic reaction as the heat is absorbed during the reaction.

[0045] The reaction between two reactants are reversible in nature. As when both the urea and water react with each other to form carbon dioxide and water. The output products again combine with each other to produce the two reactants, such as urea and water. The reaction between both the reactants is represented below:

NH.sub.2—CO—NH.sub.2(aq)+H.sub.2O(l)=NH.sub.3(g)+CO.sub.2(g)   (Reversible in nature)

[0046] The two reactants are mixed in the ratio of 1:3. The prolonged cooling effect is produced by adding phosphate with reactants which is mainly responsible for prolong cooling effect. The fine granular size of urea as a reactant present inside the right pouch shows the speedy reaction and better cooling effect. In order to enhance the speed of the reaction the ammonium salt can be added during the reaction between two reactants, such as urea and water.

[0047] Referring to FIG. 2, a front view of two pouches are illustrated herein. The two pouches are available inside the packet. The two pouches are made up of material which burst on simply squeezed on applying hand force of about 20-35 kgs/cm.sup.2.

[0048] The two pouches comprise two reactants which combine together to reduce the rete of flow of blood present inside the body of the user. Both the reactants include different elemental atoms covalently attached to each other.

[0049] The two pouches are having dimension lesser than that of the packet. The reaction between two reactants are responsible for producing instant cooling sensation on the applied portion of the user, which at the end helps the user to get relief from the pain. It can be applied on any of the external portion of the user body.

[0050] The apparatus is designed to slow down the flow rate of body fluid moving inside the user body. Once the reactants present in two different pouches come in contact with each other they break the previous bonds so as to form new bonds. When both the reactants breakdown they produce the cooling sensation which play a vital role in stopping the passage of the body fluid moving inside the body, at the end it provide relief to the user from the pain. In another embodiment of the present invention, the instant cold pack can be used for cooling beverages and food items.

[0051] It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to inventions containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically by interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations.

[0052] In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances, where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would 11 of 6 understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”

[0053] It will be further appreciated that functions or structures of a plurality of components or steps may be combined into a single component or step, or the functions or structures of one-step or component may be split among plural steps or components.

[0054] The present invention contemplates all of these combinations. Unless stated otherwise, dimensions and geometries of the various structures depicted herein are not intended to be restrictive of the invention, and other dimensions or geometries are possible. In addition, while a feature of the present invention may have been described in the context of only one of the illustrated embodiments, such feature may be combined with one or more other feature of other embodiments, for any given application.

[0055] It will also be appreciated from the above that the fabrication of the unique structures herein and the operation thereof also constitute methods in accordance with the present invention. The present invention also encompasses intermediate and end products resulting from the practice of the methods herein. The use of “comprising” or “including” also contemplates embodiments that “consist essentially of” or “consist of” the recited feature.

[0056] Although embodiments for the present subject matter have been described in language specific to structural features, it is to be understood that the present subject matter is not necessarily limited to the specific features described. Rather, the specific features and methods are disclosed as embodiments for the present subject matter. Numerous modifications and adaptations of the system/component of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and thus it is intended by the appended claims to cover 12 of 6 all such modifications and adaptations which fall within the scope of the present subject matter.