Paraffin and peat pack warmer – TEP heating baths, containers and trolleys

The paraffin and peat pack warmer TEP is a device that has a water bath tank. Into the bath tank the paraffin container and the accessories bin are sunk during paraffin warming.

For peat pack warming a grid is put in to the water bath tank. The peat packs are then placed on the grid.

Containers are covered with a removable lid. The water bath is heated using a heating element located under the bottom of the tank. The whole unit can be placed on a trolley with castors for easy movement. On the front panel there are the controls and signal lamps. The device is equipped with a main switch and a thermostat with a temperature control range of 30–90 °C; paraffin can be sterilised at approx. 80 °C.

Several known methods can be used for paraffin packs, e.g. repeated dipping of extremities, application of paraffin by brush, spraying of paraffin on surface, applying dipped gauze pads and the cuvette method. The duration of the procedure after the paraffin is applied is about 20 minutes. For the paraffin bath we recommend refined paraffin R 52-54 or R 54-56 with 100 ml of Paraffinum Liquidum per 1 kg of paraffin.

The peat packs can be applied directly or via disposable thermo wraps. The peat pack treatment duration is about 20 minutes.

Use of packs

The local application of paraffin and peat packs is used for treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system of inflammatory, degenerative and traumatic origin, for post-traumatic conditions and for warming up the extremities before exercising.

The temperature of the paraffin during application is 56–58 °C, i.e. just above the melting point of the mixture, whereby the latent heat is also used to achieve the heat effect. The temperature of the peat pack during application is 40–45 °C.