Abstract: Apparatus for cooling an object, space, or tissues of a patient. A vacuum chamber is designed to be placed in thermal contact with the object or space to be cooled, or against a patient to be treated. A water sprayer is configured to spray water into the vacuum chamber or against a cooling wall of the chamber. A vacuum pump and control are designed to maintain vacuum below ambient pressure in the vacuum chamber sufficient to cause accelerated evaporation of the water and cooling to a temperature desired for cooling of the object, space, or patient.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 8, 2023
Publication date:
March 14, 2024
Applicant:
ArktiKus LLC
Inventors:
John P. O'Connor, Cindy A. O'Connor, Ellen E. Sheets
Abstract: Apparatus for cooling an object, space, or tissues of a patient. A vacuum chamber is designed to be placed in thermal contact with the object or space to be cooled, or against a patient to be treated. A water sprayer is configured to spray water into the vacuum chamber or against a cooling wall of the chamber. A vacuum pump and control are designed to maintain vacuum below ambient pressure in the vacuum chamber sufficient to cause accelerated evaporation of the water and cooling to a temperature desired for cooling of the object, space, or patient.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 10, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 10, 2023
Assignee:
Arktikus LLC
Inventors:
John P. O'Connor, Cindy A. O'Connor, Ellen E. Sheets
Abstract: Apparatus for cooling an object, space, or tissues of a patient. A vacuum chamber is designed to be placed in thermal contact with the object or space to be cooled, or against a patient to be treated. A water sprayer is configured to spray water into the vacuum chamber or against a cooling wall of the chamber. A vacuum pump and control are designed to maintain vacuum below ambient pressure in the vacuum chamber sufficient to cause accelerated evaporation of the water and cooling to a temperature desired for cooling of the object, space, or patient.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 10, 2020
Publication date:
October 15, 2020
Applicant:
ArktiKus LLC
Inventors:
John P. O'Connor, Cindy A. O'Connor, Ellen E. Sheets