Description
BREG® Polar Care Kodiak Wave®
The Kodiak Wave® is the newest addition to the Polar Care family of cold therapy products, manufactured by BREG®. It replaces its' predecessor, the VPULSE®/ VPULSE® Lite, which is no longer manufactured by BREG®.
The Polar Care Kodiak Wave® is the 4th upgraded generation of a device called COTHERA®.
The COTHERA® device was actually originally created by the same inventor of the Game Ready® unit, over 10 years ago, with added thought for surgical patients and not just sports athletes. Over time, the COTHERA® device was upgraded and replaced by the VPULSE®, which after a few years of service, which was upgraded and replaced by the VPULSE® Lite. The Kodiak Wave® was released in 2019, and provides the same types of therapy as the VPULSE® Lite, but has more reliable parts, is more user friendly, and provides a 6 month warranty, which is double the length of the warranty of the VPULSE® devices.
Similar to the Game Ready® device, the Polar Care Kodiak Wave® provides both motorized cold therapy and active, motorized, pneumatic intermittent compression therapy. The Kodiak Wave® is commonly used to help patients heal faster after total hip, total knee, ankle or shoulder surgery. In addition it can be used for sports medicine therapy or after sports medicine surgery such as ACL repairs, knee and shoulder scopes. A choice of pads are available for the knee, hip, shoulder, foot/ankle, and back.
The Kodiak Wave® motorized cold therapy works by cooling the affected tissue to 7-10 degrees Celcius, compared to an ice pack, which is typically 3 degrees Celcius. This warmer therapy temperature used by the "Wave" helps protect your skin and incision. Too cold on a fresh incision is not good for skin healing, which is why ice packs are less effective. Because the temperature employed by the "Wave" is at a safer level for your skin, you can apply the pad for longer periods of time than an ice pack. This allows the cold to penetrate much deeper into your tissue and bone, thus minimizing the spread of chemicals the body releases after injury or surgery. Because you have less spread of chemicals by the body, you experience less pain and reduced levels of swelling and inflammation. The "Wave" features multiple settings for both the cold and compression therapies. It also regulates the temperature of the water. Motorized cold therapy with active, intermittent, pneumatic compression has been proven to reduce the amount of opidods used post surgically.
The Breg® Polar Care Kodiak Wave device and pad is available for purchase and ships to your home within 2 business days. Please contact Happy Brace Co. for pricing information.
What is a Breg® Polar Care Kodiak Wave cold therapy device, and how does it work ?
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Indications:
- Provides motorized cold therapy and active, intermittent, pneumatic dynamic compression, to reduce pain, swelling, inflammation.
Benefits:
- Helps patients return to full function, faster
- Reduced use of opiods post surgically
- Decreased pain
- Reduced swelling
Features:
- Control unit (1)
- Thermal cold compression wrap (choice of knee, shoulder, foot/ankle, hip or back) (1)
- Integrated tubing set (1) , also comes with 120V wall adapter (1)
