| 摘要 |
A pad including a heating element and a temperature sensor operationally coupled to sense thermal energy within the pad in close proximity to the heating element. The temperature sensor is a film type resistance thermal detector. The pad includes at least one contact, preferably two contacts, in a parallel relation with the heating element for providing electrical stimulation. The heating element, the first and second electrical contacts and the sensor are encapsulated in a single unitary multilayer injection molded construction. The invention enables new thermal and thermostimulation methods and protocols by which the electrical stimulation and/or the heating current supplied to a thermo and/or thermostimulation pad are adjusted based on the temperature sensed by the pad per se.
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