MATERIAL FOR CARRYING OUT PHYSIOTHERAPY Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: material has air-impermeable fabric made from fibers or threads of dielectric having double-sided coating containing alloy of nickel and at least one more metal selected from a group to which iron, copper, cobalt, magnesium and silver belong. Maximum coating thickness on one side of the fabric is greater than maximum coating thickness on the other side of the fabric. It enables cooling action to be achieved when applying the material to the patient body with the side having lesser metal coating maximum thickness contacting the body, warming action being the case when covering the patient with the fabric which greater thickness side is turned to patient body. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of body protection against radiation in X-ray rooms and under other conditions; enhanced comfort. 5 cl