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An apparatus for thermal therapy treatment of male genitalia includes a contoured cup for receiving the male genitalia in a close, confronting, confining relationship therein, and an adjustable body harness connected to the cup for holding and maintaining the cup in a treatment position in which pre

An apparatus for thermal therapy treatment of male genitalia includes a contoured cup for receiving the male genitalia in a close, confronting, confining relationship therein, and an adjustable body harness connected to the cup for holding and maintaining the cup in a treatment position in which pressure is exerted against the genitalia. The cup has a contoured inner shell for receiving the genitalia, a contoured outer shell permanently and irremovably sealed to the inner shell, and a thermal medium permanently sealed in an internal chamber between the shells.

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1. An apparatus for thermal therapy treatment of male genitalia, comprising: a contoured cup configured to receive the male genitalia and havingan outer shell constituted of a rigid or semi-rigid shape-retaining material,an inner shell constituted of a flexible material and juxtaposed with the outer

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An apparatus for thermal therapy treatment of male genitalia, comprising: a contoured cup configured to receive the male genitalia and havingan outer shell constituted of a rigid or semi-rigid shape-retaining material,an inner shell constituted of a flexible material and juxtaposed with the outer shell,a circumferentially-complete outer seal for permanently sealing the shells together to bound a permanently sealed internal chamber between the shells, anda thermal treatment fluid permanently sealed in the internal chamber and maintained between the shells by the outer seal without fluid leakage; anda body harness connected to the cup and configured for holding the male genitalia received in the cup in a treatment position, the body harness including a waist belt having a front portion adapted to be positioned anterior to a wearer and a rear portion adapted to be positioned posterior to the wearer, and a plurality of longitudinal front straps each front strap extending from the front portion of the belt directly to the cup, each front strap extending along its entire length only between the front portion of the belt and the cup in the treatment position and not extending to the rear portion of the belt to provide front access to the font straps, at least one of the front straps adapted to be adjustable and, pulled taut to position the cup in the treatment position and to apply a treatment pressure directly against targeted portions of the male genitalia during treatment. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the material of the outer shell is a thermally insulating material, and wherein the material of the inner shell is a thermally conducting material. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the outer shell has a pair of generally upright, outer side walls and an outer base wall, and wherein the outer base wall extends between, and is integral in a one-piece construction with, the outer side walls. 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the inner shell has a pair of generally upright, inner side walls that overlie, and are spaced by the treatment fluid from, the outer side walls of the outer shell; and an inner base wall that overlies, and is spaced by the treatment fluid from, the outer base wall of the outer shell; and wherein the inner base wall extends between, and is integral in a one-piece construction with, the inner side walls. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the outer shell has an outer extension wall extending in a longitudinal direction away from, and integral in a one-piece construction with, the outer side walls; and wherein the inner shell has an inner extension wall extending in the longitudinal direction away from, and integral in a one-piece construction with, the inner side walls; and wherein the outer and inner extension walls overlie each other and bound an extension sub-chamber of the internal chamber that is filled with the thermal fluid. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the inner shell has a pair of side portions that are configured to directly contact opposite sides of a scrotum of the male genitalia in the treatment position, and wherein the side portions overlie a pair of sub-chambers of the internal chamber filled with the thermal fluid. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the shells are sealed along an inner subdividing seal for subdividing the internal chamber into the pair of sub-chambers. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the inner shell has a ridge portion that is configured to directly contact and lift a bottom of a scrotum of the male genitalia in the treatment position, and wherein the ridge portion overlies a ridge chamber of the internal chamber filled with the thermal fluid. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the shells are sealed along an inner ridge seal for forming the internal chamber with the ridge chamber. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the thermal fluid is a cooling fluid re-usable and re-coolable to a cold temperature sufficient to effect the thermal therapy treatment. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the thermal fluid is a heating fluid re-usable and re-heatable to a hot temperature sufficient to effect the thermal therapy treatment. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the thermal fluid is settable only once to a temperature sufficient to effect the thermal therapy treatment. 13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cup has a plurality of mounting slots, and wherein each strap is looped through a respective slot. 14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cup has a plurality of mounting slots, and wherein each front strap has one end connected to the front portion of the belt, and an opposite end looped through a respective slot and fastened onto the respective front strap. 15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the opposite end of each front strap has a hook-and-loop fastener. 16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the cup has four corner regions, and wherein there are four of the mounting slots respectively located at the four corner regions of the cup, and wherein there are four of the front straps that are respectively looped through the respective mounting slots to support the cup in the treatment position. 17. A method of treating male genitalia with thermal therapy, comprising: receiving the male genitalia in a contoured cup formed by juxtaposing a rigid or semi-rigid outer shell and a flexible inner shell, by permanently sealing the shells together with a circumferentially complete outer seal to bound a permanently sealed internal chamber between the shells, and by permanently sealing and maintaining a thermal treatment fluid in the internal chamber between the shells without fluid leakage;holding the male genitalia received in the cup in a treatment position by connecting a body harness to the cup;configuring the body harness with a waist belt having a front portion anterior to a wearer, a rear portion posterior to the wearer, and with a plurality of adjustable front straps, and by connecting each front strap from the front portion of the belt directly to the cup;providing front access to the front straps by extending each front strap along its entire length only between the front portion of the belt and the cup during treatment, and by not extending each front strap to the rear portion of the belt; andapplying a treatment pressure directly against targeted portions of the male genitalia during treatment by adjusting the body harness by pulling at least one of the front straps taut to position the cup over the male genitalia during treatment and to apply the treatment pressure directly against the target portion of the male genitalia. 18. The method of claim 17, and configuring the cup with a plurality of mounting slots, and by looping each strap through a respective slot.