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A thermal blanket particularly suitable for post-operative treatment of body joints such as the shoulder, ankle, knee and elbow. The blanket includes a bodyside first panel composed of double layers of thermoplastic sheet material heat-sealed together to define at least one and preferably two serpen

A thermal blanket particularly suitable for post-operative treatment of body joints such as the shoulder, ankle, knee and elbow. The blanket includes a bodyside first panel composed of double layers of thermoplastic sheet material heat-sealed together to define at least one and preferably two serpentine fluid flow passages for the circulation of cooling (or warming) fluid. The blanket also includes a soft, foldable exterior second panel coplanar with the first panel, the edges of the two panels being secured together to form a unitary, easily-foldable blanket. The exterior panel is of soft loop-providing pile fabric over substantially the entire exterior surface thereof. The developed outline of the blanket provides it with a form defining two main sections, one of which is provided with an attachment patch (preferably elastic) having a bodyside-facing hook-providing fabric for releasable attachment to the loop-providing pile fabric of the exterior panel of the other main section when the blanket is wrapped about a joint area for administering thermal treatment. The blanket also includes an integral T-shaped section having a strap portion and an elongated limb-wrapping band portion. Flexible inlet and outlet tubes extend through the strap portion and terminate in a fluid coupling element adjacent and external to the band portion. When formed as a shoulder blanket, a pair of flaps are also provided, one serving as a chest flap and the other as a back flap with the two flaps being joined by a body strap extending about the wearer\s body beneath the opposite shoulder. The body strap is equipped at its ends with hook-providing fabric patches for adjustably and releasably attaching the ends of the body strap to the pile fabric extending over the flap portions of the blanket.

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A thermal blanket for post-operative treatment of joint areas of the body, comprising a foldable bodyside panel composed of double layers of thermoplastic sheet material heat-sealed together to define therebetween two spaced apart serpentine fluid-flow passages extending substantially throughout the

A thermal blanket for post-operative treatment of joint areas of the body, comprising a foldable bodyside panel composed of double layers of thermoplastic sheet material heat-sealed together to define therebetween two spaced apart serpentine fluid-flow passages extending substantially throughout the entire area of the bodyside panel from an inlet opening to an adjacent outlet opening and with each passage following a separate unbranched zigzag pathway; each of said flow passages communicating at one end thereof with said inlet opening and at the other end thereof with said outlet opening; and a soft, foldable exterior panel extending along said bodyside panel in parallel relation therewith; said bodyside and exterior panels being coplanar and having peripheral edges secured together to form a unitary foldable blanket with an outline defining a pair of main blanket sections; said exterior panel having a soft loop-providing pile over substantially the entire exterior surface thereof; one of said main blanket sections being provided with an attachment patch having a bodyside-facing hook-providing fabric for releasable attachment to said loop-providing pile of said exterior surface of the exterior panel for maintaining said sections in partially overlapping interlocked relation when said blanket is wrapped about a joint area for thermal treatment thereof; said attachment patch projecting beyond a free edge of said one section and being elastically stretchable and contractable in directions towards and away from said free edge.