DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THERMAL THERAPY PAD

Abstract

In medical technology, the advancement of thermal therapy of either heating or cooling gives an extra edge that are intended to improve the quality of healthcare. Thermal therapy pad is a device which can influence blood circulation at an injured site, to a specific area of the body and increase the comfort of the patient. The main purpose of thermal therapy pad is to enhance the heeling process. Localized thermal transfer helps to provide one or more of the therapeutic effects. These effects refers to the acknowledgement after a treatment of any kind, the results of which are judged to be indispensable and effective. The Mul-T-Pads are disposable thermal transfer devices for use in a Localized Temperature Therapy system. The Mul-T-Pad, disposable pads are intended as thermal transfer devices for use with a Temp Pump Localized Therapy Pump, which supplies warm or cold water at controlled temperatures for the application of localized therapy in situations where a physician determines that temperature therapy is necessary or desirable. In this dissertation various designs for thermal pad having different flow passage are designed and compared. Their analysis was also performed on simulating software. Also, different fluids and cover fabric material has been studied and compared for the betterment of this product and hence the thermal therapy. Designing was done on SOLIDWORKS 16 and CREO 3.0. Analysis was carried out in ANSYS 18.1 FLUENT. Thermal camera was also used to capture the temperature distribution across passage and result was studied to decide the fabric and fluid for the thermal therapy system.