Yes!  Check with your insurance provider for specifics.

Contact our Customer Service team and we can mail or email you the Medicare CMS-1490 form.

Please call Battle Creek Equipment (the manufacturer of Thermophore) directly at 800-253-0854, and they will be able to help you find a solution to your problem. Depending on the age of your Thermophore, it might be covered under warranty.
 

Unfortunately, we do not have a list of local distributors in any given area. You may contact the manufacturer, Battle Creek Equipment, directly at 800.253.0854.

An ordinary heating pad is not hot enough to provide the same level of comfort and temporary pain relief as the Thermophore. A Thermophore Moist Heat Pack is a hot fomentation product and medical professionals view it as a medical device. An ordinary heating pad will keep you warm and help you relax, but it will not penetrate deeply into tissue and will not be as effective as a Thermophore Hot Pack. If you suffer from pain that interferes with your life or keeps you from getting a good night's rest, you will be grateful that you invested in the comfort, pain relief and relaxation of a genuine Battle Creek Thermophore Automatic Moist Heat Pack. In addition, Thermophore packs are Medicare reimbursable, under HCPCS Code EQ 215, E0210, or E0215.

No, you add nothing. Simply place the Thermophore pack on the affected body area, depress the switch, and within moments, intense moist heat will penetrate tissues to relieve pain. In some regions of extremely low humidity, it may be necessary to store the Thermophore in a humidified room. In particularly dry situations, a stupe cover has been developed to provide moisture directly to the fleece blend cover.

Beneficial results continue for several hours after each treatment. If needed, the Thermophore Pack can be applied two or three times daily at intervals of six to eight hours. Maximum results are obtained within thirty minutes, and treatments should not last longer unless prescribed by your physician.

Yes, the muff provides an 8” circle of heat which one can slide up and over for the knee or elbow. Can also be used on the thigh depending how big the thigh is.

No, not recommended.

It has been proven that water is a more effective conductor of heat than air. In addition, body tissues are able to tolerate moist heat at a higher temperature than dry heat. As this intense heat penetrates painful body tissues, blood vessels dilate, increasing the circulation in the area. The increased blood flow relieves inflammation, brings additional oxygen, carries away toxins and waste for healing, and provides relief from pain. The Thermophore pack makes a hot fomentation compress without adding water, using drippy towels or soaking in a tub, to provide temporary relief from pain. It eases the cycle of pain and muscle spasm to allow for more natural movement and comfortable rest. It is especially effective in providing relief from the pain of arthritis, back or neck pain, muscle strains or respiratory congestion.

Each Thermophore unit has a specially woven fleece blend cover. During storage, this cover traps moisture from the atmosphere in the air spaces between the textile strands. When the special safety switch is activated, the Thermophore pack becomes intensely hot very quickly. Through a hygroscopic action, the moisture moves away from the source heat to the cooler body tissue. When properly applied, a layer of moisture is produced between the Thermophore pack and the body to effectively transfer heat directly to the painful area.

For best results, the painful tissues need to be heated enough to greatly increase the circulation of blood, reduce inflammation and relieve muscle spasm. This increased circulation brings fresh blood cells and speeds up the healing action. The momentary switch allows the Thermophore heat to be controlled by the patient for maximum safety, comfort and benefit.

To be effective, moist heat fomentations must be intensely hot. A low or medium heat simply isn't hot enough to produce the pain-relieving effects of the Thermophore Moist Heat Pack. Any product with low or medium switch settings is not designed to produce its own moisture, and will not equal the effectiveness of the Thermophore.

The Thermophore pack treatment is so soothing and relaxing that users often doze off as their pain and tension eases. If the user does fall asleep, their hand will relax, automatically turning the unit off. No other product has a safety switch quite like the Thermophore Pack. The Thermophore pack also has heavy-duty "strain relief" areas molded on each side of the switch for added durability.

No, it does not. The bed warmer just warms the bed for the feet.

The advanced four stage therapy switch provides optimum 20 minute treatments with auto-off timer, the one touch control features a lighted indicator which allows customer to keep track of 5 min lapses.

The Bed warmer will go up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. It depends on the insulation and the ambient room temperature. For example, in a room at 70 degrees Fahrenheit and with a blanket, the bed warmer will reach 90 degrees Fahrenheit (Battle Creek Equipment could not give the various temperatures it goes).

To relieve aches and pains with hot fomentation treatments, it is necessary for the heat to effectively transfer deeply into body tissues. To make the Thermophore pack more efficient, we have positioned weights to cause the Thermophore pack to conform to body contours. This reduces air spaces between the Thermophore hot pack and body; so more heat is transmitted to the body tissues. Ordinary stiff plastic heating pads leave air pockets. Which result in uneven transfer of heat.

The fleece cover is made out of a poly cotton blend. The thread is 40% cotton and 53% polyester.

Fremont, Indiana.

It has a foam center with fiber fill and the outside is made out of polyester.