For Specific External Body Area Patents (Class 607/108)
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Patent number: 12257182Abstract: A device and method for treatment of hot flashes in perimenopausal and menopausal women. The device includes a cooling agent distributed over at least a portion of an area of the device, at least one liner positioned against and attached to at least one side of the cooling agent over at least the portion of the area of the device, and an adhesive. The adhesive is arranged on at least one side of the device so as to permit the device to be secured with respect to the anatomy of a user.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Inventors: Miriam Baker, Alyssa Dweck, Nyiri Grigorian
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Patent number: 12220338Abstract: A knee brace kit includes a wrap having opposed inner and outer surfaces, and a body and straps extending from the body. The outer surface carries a first engagement element of a hook-and-loop engagement, the straps terminate at tips, and the inner surface at the tips carries a second engagement element of the hook-and-loop engagement complemental to the first engagement element. A hole in the wrap is located such that, when the wrap is worn by a person, the hole is disposed over a knee of the person and the straps are wrapped above and below the hole, defining an applied arrangement of the wrap. There are a plurality of trim lines indicated on the body, which, when the wrap is trimmed along the trim lines, maintain the applied arrangement of the straps with respect to the hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: DJO, LLCInventor: Donald P. LoGuercio
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Patent number: 12178263Abstract: A dual-function vest for keeping the body cool and providing cool drinking water. The vest has multiple ice pockets dispersed throughout an area of the vest. The ice pockets are fluidly interconnected to each through fluid channels, wherein water can flow between the multiple ice pockets. A port can be provided in the vest to provide access to an inner volume of the vest. Water can be filled into the multiple ice pockets through the port and also water can be drawn through the port. A long tube can be connected to the port while the free end of the long tube can act as a drinking spout.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Inventor: Yitzchok Twersky
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Patent number: 12150890Abstract: The cooling pack for hemorrhoids is a medical device. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids is a therapeutic device. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids is adapted for use in the treatment of a hemorrhoid. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids is a thermal pack. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids is cooled below ?15 degrees C. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids forms a therapeutic structure that is placed against the hemorrhoid while cold. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids comprises a shell and a thermal gel. The shell forms a containment structure that encloses the thermal gel. The thermal gel is a chemical with a high thermal capacity. The thermal gel provides a heat exchange medium that rapidly cools the hemorrhoid when placed against the hemorrhoid.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Inventor: Tonya Ward
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Patent number: 12121475Abstract: Described are methods for inducing browning of adipose tissue. More specifically, the present disclosure relates generally to methods for inducing browning of adipose tissue remote to the treatment location. The methods can include at least a first treatment and a second treatment, wherein the treatments comprise applying a cooling element to a local adipose tissue deposit, wherein the cooling element cools the local adipose tissue deposit to a temperature of between 0° C. to 30° C. for a period of time sufficient to induce browning of adipose tissue in one or more areas of the subject's body remote to the local adipose tissue deposit.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATIONInventors: Dieter Manstein, Michael Evers, Nunciada Salma
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Patent number: 12102557Abstract: Provided herein are systems, compositions, and methods for improving one or more skin characteristics in a subject. These systems, compositions, and methods are configured to cool the subject's skin at a target site to a degree that alters adipocyte signaling but does not produce significant destruction of subcutaneous lipid-rich cells. In some embodiments, alteration of adipocyte signaling produces an improvement in one or more skin characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.Inventors: Joel N. Jimenez Lozano, Like Zeng, Linda Pham, George Frangineas, Jr.
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Patent number: 12064375Abstract: Hyperthermia system for raising the body temperature of the body of an individual to a predetermined target temperature Tb and for stabilizing the body temperature at the target temperature Tb, including: a thermally insulated cabinet for receiving the individual, equipped with channeling means to channel fluids into the body of the individual; at least one thermal device to raise the body temperature of the individual, when placed inside said cabinet, and to subsequently maintain the target temperature Tb of the individual; one or more devices for heating fluids to be channeled into the body of the individual via the channeling means; one or more sensors to monitor the temperature and/or heat flux of the individual; and a controller to control the at least one thermal means and the one or more devices for heating fluids. The sensors are connected to the controller to provide temperature values and/or heat flux values.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Elmedix BVBAInventors: Johan Van Den Bossche, Liesbet Conings, John-Paul Bogers
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Patent number: 12059466Abstract: Therapeutic compositions, primarily for topical application, and methods of making and using the composition. Pharmaceutical compositions formulated for specific forms of administration are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: AIM TARGETED THERAPIES, INC.Inventor: Glenn Abrahmsohn
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Patent number: 12042452Abstract: A microclimate management system including a person support surface including one or more sensors, a fluid supply device coupled to an inlet of the person support surface and configured to supply fluid to an outlet the person support surface, and a controller configured to detect an inlet condition value at the inlet of the person support surface, detect an outlet condition value at the outlet of the person support surface, determine a difference between the inlet condition value and the outlet condition value, and transmit a first alert in response to determining that a rate of change of the difference between the inlet condition value and the outlet condition value is below a lower condition threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Neal Wiggermann, Kathryn Smith, Frank Sauser, Susan Kayser, Mary L. Pfeffer
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Patent number: 12042425Abstract: A thermal device includes an inflatable non-perforated blanket, a conduit structure, and a recirculating assembly. The inflatable non-perforated blanket is configured to transport warm air internally. The conduit structure is configured to provide conduit to transport the warm air externally to the inflatable non-perforated blanket. The recirculating assembly is configured to inflate the inflatable non-perforated blanket with the warm air and: (1) to cause the warm air to flow from the first port to the second port in a first direction, and (2) to recirculate the warm air through the conduit structure to flow from the second port to the first port in the first direction. The inflatable non-perforated blanket includes first and second sheets. The first sheet faces ambient air and has a first thermal conductivity. The second sheet faces the subject body and has a second thermal conductivity higher than the first thermal conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Inventor: Said Elghobashi
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Patent number: 12022895Abstract: The heated glove is a garment. The heated glove comprises a glove and a control circuit. The control circuit mounts in the glove. The glove is worn on the hand of the client. The control circuit controls the temperature within the protected space provided by the glove. The control circuit is an electric circuit. The control circuit converts chemical potential energy into electrical energy used to heat the protected space provided by the glove.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Inventor: Tokoa Page
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Patent number: 11896520Abstract: A temperature treatment apparatus includes a body made from a flexible and expandable material for attachment to a predetermined region of the human body requiring treatment with the body having a space formed therein, and a temperature radiating element shaped to be received within the space of the body and being configured to have a soft and malleable shape profile to apply temperature treatment to the predetermined region of the human body. The temperature radiating element includes an inner pouch containing a first phase change material that is able to be inserted within an outer pouch having a second phase change material, so that, upon insertion, the inner pouch is substantially encapsulated within the second phase change material of the outer pouch.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventor: Belinda Voigt
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Patent number: 11865036Abstract: A package comprises a mask; and an inactive heater, wherein the mask includes at least one product layer having infused thereon at least one active, and wherein the inactive heater is located in or in proximity to the mask to transfer heat to the mask upon activation of the heater.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Michael Robinson, William Bickford
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Patent number: 11865288Abstract: A device comprising a housing having a handle end and a treatment end. The treatment end is configured to provide an antimicrobial treatment and a heat treatment. The treatment end comprises an applicator having an applicator surface for providing at least the heat treatment. The device includes a heat generation unit configured to heat the applicator surface in use, a source of antimicrobial agent, and a control unit operatively connected to at least the heat generation unit for controlling the heat generation unit. The device can be a hand-held device and used to apply topical treatment to a treatment area of a subject.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: THERMA BRIGHT INCInventors: Roberto Fia, Maurizio Battistuzzi
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Patent number: 11857815Abstract: Protective equipment for protecting a person from an emergency situation is disclosed. The protective equipment has a securing device, which is portable by the person, having a securing system for protecting the person from an emergency situation. Furthermore, the protective equipment has a sensor device for detecting a dangerous situation prior to the emergency situation of the person, when the sensor device is coupled with the securing system in such a way that upon detection of the dangerous situation of the person, the sensor device automatically sets the securing system in a securing state for protecting the person.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Bornack GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Klaus Bornack
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Patent number: 11856921Abstract: The present invention is a therapeutic pad that is wearable by an animal to provide treatment for injury or pain without hampering mobility. Therapeutic pad includes a jacket/wrap, a pocket and at least one of a heating pack and/or a cooling pack. Jacket is made of flexible material, wearable by animal and made of various shapes to fit on different body parts of animal Jacket/wrap can be provided with fasteners that can easy wearing of jacket/wrap by animal Pocket can be provided anywhere on jacket/wrap and can be permanently or temporarily connected with jacket/wrap or can be an integral cavity of jacket/wrap. Heating pack and/or a cooling pack is provided within pocket. Heating pack and/or a cooling pack provides therapeutic treatment on affected area(s) for reducing swelling and/or pain.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventors: Brenda Sugar, Deborah Clifford
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Patent number: 11850184Abstract: The present application relates to systems and methods for altering temperature in a mammalian body. Optionally, the systems and methods can be used to lower or raise core body temperature of a mammalian subject. Optionally, the systems and methods can be used to lower or raise the temperature of glabrous skin of a mammalian subject.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Kenneth R. Diller, Daniel W. Hensley, Timothy T. Diller
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Patent number: 11779760Abstract: Approaches for portably and discreetly treating muscle cramping using one or more of a selectively controllable transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit and a heating element comprising resistive fabric. Cramping of the muscle may be detected with a surface electromyography (sEMG) unit. Artificial intelligence techniques may be applied using the sEMG signals and/or user input to identify effective treatment settings.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Oasis Medical Solutions, LLCInventors: William Robert Mandel, Margaret Vernon Austin
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Patent number: 11751553Abstract: A modular lower leg and hoof wrap configured to hold one or more therapeutic devices proximate an animal's hoof. The invention is intended primarily for use with horses. The components attach to a sole, which is intended to be positioned beneath the animal's hoof. One or more retention panels extend upward from the sole. A first wrap panel and a second wrap panel also extend upward form the sole. Elastic and VELCRO attachment features are preferably used so that each of the components may be positioned in a suitable location for a particular animal's anatomy. Other closure devices, such as buckles or snaps, could also be used.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Inventors: Bryan E. Kilbey, Julie Williams
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Patent number: 11730624Abstract: Apparatus and methods for producing thermal comfort using two point or multipoint heating or cooling that is applied to portion of a human body part to produce a warm or cool sensation over a larger area than that where the heating or cooling is directly applied. The body is induced to heat or cool itself by adjusting its neutral temperature setpoints. Increased warming perception from two-point, multipoint, and switching point stimulation causes downward adaptation in the neutral skin temperature of the user. Because spot heating and cooling sources operate at higher temperature differences from the skin than do area sources, they create a stronger perceived thermal sensation for the same power consumption. Point heating or cooling, rather than whole-area heating, can result in power savings and cost savings while improving occupant comfort.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Edward Arens, Hui Zhang, Davide Filingeri
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Patent number: 11701250Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for manipulating the temperature of a surface are provided. Devices of the present disclosure may include a thermal adjustment apparatus, such as a controller in electrical communication with one or more thermoelectric materials, placed adjacent to the surface of skin. The device may generate a series of thermal pulses at the surface, for providing an enhanced thermal sensation for a user. The thermal pulses may be characterized by temperature reversibility, where each pulse includes an initial temperature adjustment, followed by a return temperature adjustment, over a short period of time (e.g., less than 120 seconds). The average rate of temperature change upon initiation and upon return may be between about 0.1° C./sec and about 10.0° C./sec. In some cases, the average rate of the initial temperature adjustment is greater in magnitude than the average rate of the return temperature adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: EMBR Labs Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Smith, Samuel Shames, Michael Gibson, David Cohen-Tanugi
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Patent number: 11672937Abstract: A cooling element for use within a cooling device of a closed-circuit respirator, includes an element housing, which has a liquid-tight cap and is filled with a coolant, which has a melting point below 50° C., especially below 45° C., preferably below 40° C. A sensor element is arranged in contact with the coolant within the element housing such that the sensor element can be moved in a direction of the gravity acting on the sensor element in the liquid state of the coolant during the use of the closed-circuit respirator by a user of the closed-circuit respirator.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaAInventor: Henning Gerder
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Patent number: 11633618Abstract: A system, device and method are provided for exposing a patient to therapeutic resonant frequency patterns (RFP) for therapy and treatment of a patient, for example, biological tissue such as muscle, tendon, ligament, and nerve tissue. The resonance frequencies originate from many bioactive substances, pharmaceuticals or other compounds, and key frequencies of the RFP of a compound can be replicated and then delivered to a patient using an electromagnetic catalyst to provide therapeutic benefits. RFPs can be imprinted in a separate device using a plasma imprinting device and method. This separate device can be actively excited by a delivery mechanism that uses electromagnetic or mechanical waves to interact with the device. The actively excited device transmits the RFPs or therapeutic resonant frequency patterns to the patient for similar enhancements and therapeutic benefits.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Genovus Biotechnologies Inc.Inventors: Kimberly S. Gangwish, Garret Moddel, Casey Zahorik
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Patent number: 11612514Abstract: The invention presents methods and devices for controlling and modifying the core body temperature of a human or other mammal. The apparatus contains an element to be placed in contact with an individual's skin, such as the palm of a hand or sole of a foot; the element emits radiation, preferably within the red to infrared range of 550 nm to 950 nm, inducing vasodilation and increased blood flow in the region beneath the contacting area. A heat exchange element is concurrently in contact with the skin, capable of transferring heat into or removing heat from the circulatory vasculature, through the skin surface. The circulatory system carries the increase or decrease in thermal energy to the body's core organs. As such the method and devices are capable of increasing or decreasing the core body temperature, or maintaining current core body temperature in the presence of external thermal elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventor: Eric Matthew Jaeger
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Patent number: 11612515Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method to enable a user to use a hypothermia system to cool a body part involved in cancer therapy or in brain trauma. The method enables the user to operate the hypothermia system by her- or himself and still be mobile. The hypothermia system comprises a conformal cap system, a thermally conductive liquid located between the body part to be cooled and the cap system, thermal transfer fluids, phase change materials, thermally insulated cooler, physical measuring devices, mechanical and electrical components, a ‘smart’ user interface device, a battery, and an uninterruptible power controller. The method allows a user to control the rate of and temperature of cooling down the body part, exhibits parameters associated with the process of cooling the body part, provides alerts if necessary, is portable and entirely self-managed. The hypothermia device is in communication with and can be controlled by an application installed on a smart device, such as a phone.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventors: Laura Marie Zumbrunnen, Michael Lynn Zumbrunnen
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Patent number: 11607337Abstract: A thermal device includes an inflatable non-perforated blanket, a conduit structure, and a recirculating assembly. The inflatable non-perforated blanket is configured to transport warm air internally. The conduit structure is configured to provide conduit to transport the warm air externally to the inflatable non-perforated blanket. The recirculating assembly is configured to inflate the inflatable non-perforated blanket with the warm air and: (1) to cause the warm air to flow from the first port to the second port in a first direction, and (2) to recirculate the warm air through the conduit structure to flow from the second port to the first port in the first direction. The inflatable non-perforated blanket includes first and second sheets. The first sheet faces ambient air and has a first thermal conductivity. The second sheet faces the subject body and has a second thermal conductivity higher than the first thermal conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Inventor: Said Elghobashi
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Patent number: 11564831Abstract: A temperature therapy system and a method for temperature control for such a temperature therapy system are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a temperature therapy system has a retention mechanism and a plurality of temperature modulation systems attached to the retention mechanism, wherein each of the plurality of temperature modulation systems comprises a thermoelectric cooler. The wearable personal temperature therapy system may have a plurality of temperature sensors and a plurality of conductive flags, wherein each of the plurality of conductive flags is adhered to a respective thermoelectric cooler and a respective temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Hyper Ice, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Joseph Aguiar, Daniel Royal Evans, Robert Glen Edwards, Trevor Austin Kerth
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Patent number: 11547625Abstract: A therapy wrap for treatment of at least a portion of an animate body having improved kink resistance. The therapy wrap may be selectively reinforced for improved kink resistance in only a portion of the wrap. The reinforcement may decrease the kink radius. The wrap may include a kink reducer in all or only a selected kink-prone region. The kink reducer may be selectively configured attachment points or spot welds. The therapy wrap may include a reinforcement layer of one or more discrete reinforcement members. The wrap may be formed by pre-tensioning the material layers while forming the fluid bladder and/or gas pressure bladder. The therapy wrap may be adapted to compensate for conditions that normally cause kinking of the wrap or buckling of the fluidic channels. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing the wrap and methods of administering a temperature-controlled treatment to an anatomical body part.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: AVENT, INC.Inventors: Mark H. Lowe, Krister Bowman
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Patent number: 11528978Abstract: In one aspect the invention is arranged to provide a hair treatment apparatus adapted to reduce the temperature of hair. This apparatus includes at least one thermal energy storage core arranged to draw heat out of hair wherein said at least one thermal energy storage core is arranged to cool hair to a temperature below 0° Celsius.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: ROHOLM LIMITEDInventors: Blythe Guy Rees-Jones, David Erl Roe, Jonathan Martin Jones, Simon John Crane, Timothy Mark Allan
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Patent number: 11504267Abstract: A heating device includes a heating unit and device electronics. The heating unit is configured to deliver heat to a user's body. The heating unit includes a substrate and a heating element supported by the substrate. The device electronics are coupled to the heating element and are configured to store a first heating profile that includes data indicating how power should be delivered to the heating element over a first period of time. The device electronics are configured to deliver power to the heating element according to the first heating profile. The device electronics are configured to wirelessly receive a second heating profile from an external computing device. The second heating profile includes data indicating how power should be delivered to the heating element over a second period of time. The device electronics are configured to deliver power to the heating element according to the second heating profile.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Relief Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Moulton Thomas, Brian James Krieger, Richard Thomas Caligaris, Elizabeth Ann Miracle, Grace Hina Lee
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Patent number: 11504427Abstract: In alternative embodiments, provided are compositions, including products of manufacture and kits, and methods, for remotely-controlled and non-invasive manipulation of intracellular nucleic acid expression, genetic processes, function and activity in live cells, e.g., adding functions or changing or adding specificities for immune cells, for monitoring physiologic processes, for the correction of pathological processes and for control of therapeutic outcomes. In alternative embodiments, provided are ultrasound-based thermal or mechanical stimulations, and thermo- or mechano-sensitive protein, either synthetically engineered or natively (endogenously) occurring, integrated to control the production of intracellular nucleic acid and gene expression, e.g., for the expression of biological-active proteins, which can be used, in alternative embodiments, for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Yingxiao Wang, Shu Chien, Yijia Pan, Yiqian Wu, Shaoying Lu, Kirk Shung
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Patent number: 11484445Abstract: Temperature variant compression stockings are three-in-one stockings that address needs both in the sports world and the medical field. The temperature variant stockings may help cool the skin while exerting a desired compressive force; another version of the temperature variant stockings may actually retain heat while also exerting a desired compressive force. The stockings are available where the temperature variant components are in contact with the user's skin while the compression yarns are knitted onto the outside of the stocking. A style is also available with alternating strips, with either the cooling yarns or the heat retaining yarns running vertically and parallel to strips of compression yarns. Antimicrobial particles are infused into the cooling or heating yarns to guard again infections.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Inventor: Carol Garner
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Patent number: 11437055Abstract: A method and a device for increasing the perception of acoustic events, particularly for increasing musical sensitivity. As high a correlation as possible between heard and felt perceptions can be achieved by the conversion of the musical signal into vibrations on the skin, the local impact distribution of the filtered musical signals, the emphasis of the dominant musical signals by expanding the extent of the impact, the transfer of the signal portions in the non-feelable range into the feelable range, and the variable base spectrum adapting to the current musical spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: FEELBELT GMBHInventor: Jens Hansen
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Patent number: 11419756Abstract: In one instance, a recovery system for a user is presented that includes a battery-operated, flexible wrap that applies heat with both conductive heat and radiant heat. The recovery system has a control unit that ramps the temperature applied using primarily perceived conductive heat before leveling at a target temperature. Other systems and devices are presented.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Xothrm LLCInventors: Jo Han Wang, Sean T. Whalen
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Patent number: 11285042Abstract: A human body is cooled at an appropriate temperature, and a sufficient usage time is ensured. A cooling tool according to one aspect of the present invention is a cooling tool for cooling a human body, including a freezing material 30a that undergoes a phase change at a particular temperature and a first container containing the freezing material 30a. The first container transfers heat between the human body and the freezing material at a contact surface in contact with the skin of the human body. At least the contact surface has a thermal effusivity within the possible range of thermal effusivity of the skin of the human body. The contact surface may have a thermal effusivity (J/(m2˜S1/2·K)) of 1,000 to 2,000.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Shinozaki, Yuka Utsumi, Satoru Motonami
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Patent number: 11256309Abstract: Methods and devices for manipulating the temperature of a surface are generally provided. The present disclosure relates to a device including one or more heating and/or cooling elements, or other suitable thermal adjustment apparatus(es), placed near a surface, such as the skin of a user. The device may be configured to generate one or more (optionally alternating) thermal profiles at the surface, which may include a series of thermal pulses and/or essentially continuous or semi-continuous thermal input, which may vary over time. Such thermal profiles, when suitably applied, may provide enhanced thermal sensations for a user which, in some cases, may provide the user with a more pleasurable thermal experience than would otherwise be the case without the generation of the thermal profiles. In some embodiments, an alternating thermal profile may include an average frequency, an oscillation window, and/or an average temperature, each of which may be adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: EMBR Labs Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Smith, Kristen Warren, David Cohen-Tanugi, Samuel Shames
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Patent number: 11234639Abstract: A controller controls a temperature sensation provider that provides temperature sensations to an object contacting a contact surface of the temperature sensation provider. The controller includes a database including control information that associates values of a temperature of the contact surface with values of a controlled variable of the temperature sensation provider for each of the temperature sensations, and a temperature controller that controls the temperature sensation provider based on a measured temperature of the contact surface, a temperature sensation to be provided, and the control information.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Kunio Sato, Toshihiko Saito, Hajime Shikata, Katsunari Sato
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Patent number: 11229245Abstract: Implementations of a clothing article with an integrated thermal regulation system are provided. An example clothing article with an integrated thermal regulation system is configured to heat a portion of a wearer's body by transferring heat from a warmer first region of the body (e.g., the calf portion of the leg or wrist portion of the arm) to a cooler second region (e.g., the plantar side of the toes or the dorsal side of the fingers). The transfer of heat is facilitated by a thermally conductive fluid that flows between a first thermal transfer bag in heat exchange contact with the warmer first region of the wearer's body and a second thermal transfer bag that is in heat exchange contact with the cooler second region. The thermal transfer bags being held in position by the clothing article into which they have been integrated.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey A. Danos, Jack A. Danos
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Patent number: 11141310Abstract: A therapeutic collar comprising an elongate body made from a flexible material for extending around at least a portion of the neck of a patient. The body has a length approximating the circumference of the neck, two thermoelectric devices for overlying two carotid arteries in the neck and two thermoelectric devices for overlying of two vertebral arteries in the neck when the elongate body is secured around the neck of the patient. At least one cooling tube is carried by the elongate body and extends in the vicinity of each of the thermoelectric devices for removing heat from the thermoelectric devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Neuron Guard S.R.l.Inventor: Enrico Giuliani
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Patent number: 10842665Abstract: A device and method is provided for treating a person by providing controlled stimulation of a branch of the trigeminal nerve of the person to induce a dive reflex response in the person. A device for providing this treatment includes a stimulus component controllably operable to stimulate a branch of the trigeminal nerve of a person. The stimulus component can be a Peltier device configured to reduce the temperature of the person's face in proximity to a branch of the trigeminal nerve to induce the dive reflex. A controller controls activation of the stimulus component when it is desirable to induce the dive reflex response in the person. The controller can sense physiological and ambient conditions and can activate and deactivate the stimulus component in response to a condition falling within or outside a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Inventor: David Smith
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Patent number: 10799586Abstract: A system and method for hyperthermic ablation of cancerous tissue of a human patient is disclosed. A system and method include a vessel that is sized and adapted for receiving the human patient, and a circulation device outside of the vessel for circulating a thermally conductive liquid to and from the vessel, such that the portion of the human patient enclosed in the containment suit is at least partially submerged in the thermally conductive liquid when the human patient is in the vessel. The system and method further include a set of electromagnetic transmission coils at least partially around the vessel for inducing an alternating electromagnetic field around the human patient, the alternating electromagnetic field being directed, via the thermally conductive liquid, to the cancerous tissue that has been provided a conductive nanoparticle, to provide hyperthermic ablation of the cancerous tissue.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Inventor: Gary Rayner
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Patent number: 10765607Abstract: A permeable layer associated relative to a phase change material associated relative to a securing fabric layer. The permeable layer retains a therapeutic or cosmetic agent to be transferred, in whole or in part, to the user's skin. The phase change material may be dissolved within a thermoplastic matrix or situated within a suitable container. This invention provides the novelty of a phase change material, coupled with a permeable layer and a fabric layer, which work in conjunction with a therapeutic or cosmetic agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: ALPS SOUTH EUROPE S.R.O.Inventor: Aldo Laghi
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Patent number: 10744030Abstract: A heating implement (1) for body of the present embodiment includes a first sheet (11) having air-permeability; a second sheet (12); a heating element (13), intermediately arranged between the first sheet (11) and the second sheet (12) and containing an oxidizeable metal and a carbon component; and a first adhesive layer (14) and a second adhesive layer (15) provided in one of external surfaces of the first sheet (11) which is applied to a wearer side, in which a region without adhesive layer, in which none of the first adhesive layer (14) and the second adhesive layer (15) is disposed, is provided in at least a part of an external circumference section of the first sheet (11), the following relations (a) and (b) are satisfied, and the heating implement is perfumed with a fragrance: (a) a mass ratio of a content of the fragrance to a content of the carbon component in the aforementioned heating implement (fragrance/carbon component) is equal to or higher than 0.2 and equal to or lower than 0.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Oka, Yasuto Saita, Katsutoshi Hara
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Patent number: 10681946Abstract: A headband with one or more protective inserts. The inserts may be strategically positioned to provide protection for specific areas of a person's head that are most vulnerable to impact, depending on the sport or other activity. The inserts may be directly attached to the headband, or may be enclosed in pouches which are directly attached to the headband. The headband may be worn with or without additional headgear, and may be configured to cooperate with the additional headgear as to form, fit, and functionality.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Inventor: Shane Michael Johnston
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Patent number: 10634388Abstract: A flexible pouch for heating articles includes a pair of panels forming a compartment and a pair of heating units which are disposed on either side of the compartment to heat the articles within the compartment. Seal portions are formed adjacent side edges for forming a holding area to be grasped by the hand of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: PPI Technologies Group, LLCInventor: R. Charles Murray
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Patent number: 10606083Abstract: A perspiration dissipating support assembly for head-mounted-display (HMD) devices. Variations of the perspiration dissipating support assembly disclosed herein enable supporting forces for an HMD device to be spread over a large portion of a user's head while facilitating dissipation of both liquid perspiration and vapor perspiration via respective dedicated dissipation mechanisms. In some embodiments, the perspiration dissipating support assembly includes a vapor-permeable contact layer that contacts the user's head and a vapor-permeable spacer that provides a Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate on the order of several times greater than that of the vapor-permeable contact layer. The vapor-permeable contact layer may have wicking properties that tend to draw perspiration (e.g., via capillary action resulting from a particular technical-weave pattern) away from the user's head and into the vapor-permeable spacer through which the perspiration evaporates into the ambient environment.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tzu-Yuan Lin, Brian J. Toleno, Igor Markovsky, Erin Elizabeth Hurbi, Michael Nikkhoo
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Patent number: 10548788Abstract: Embodiments provide a person support system including support pads having cooling features. According to one embodiment, a person support system may include a longitudinal frame comprising at least one side rail. A support pad may be positioned on the longitudinal frame. The support pad may comprise a thermally conductive core portion comprising a support matrix and at least one thermally conductive element. A cooling source may be thermally coupled to the thermally conductive core portion through the side rail with a connector comprising thermally conductive fibers. The cooling source may draw heat from the thermally conductive core portion through the at least one thermally conductive element and the thermally conductive fibers of the connector thereby cooling at least the thermally conductive core portion of the support pad.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Charles A. Lachenbruch, Varad Narayan Srivastava, David Lance Ribble, Rachel L. Williamson, David Lawrence Bedel, Andrew David Clark, Steven D. Baker, John V. Harmeyer, Ben Hertz, Todd P. O'Neal
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Patent number: 10485835Abstract: Hand wrap includes eucalyptus oil absorbed in a roll of fabric material.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Drum NerdInventor: Ryan Lacey
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Patent number: 10480103Abstract: The invention provides an insulation material that includes exothermic fibers, heat capturing fibers capable of retaining heat, and synthetic fibers. The heat capturing fibers having a density of at least 1.17 g/cm3 or 2.0 Dtex linear density. Also provided are articles comprising, and methods of making the inventive insulation material.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: PRIMALOFT, INC.Inventor: Jon-Alan Minehardt
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Patent number: 10292903Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for treating obesity using cooling, the device comprising: a controller body for setting a cooling temperature and operating time, supplying cooling water for cooling a thermoelectric element, and providing suction force through a vacuum pump; a handpiece body for displaying operating conditions and providing suction force through a suction hole; a cable for connecting the controller body and the handpiece body; a suction cup mounted on the handpiece body to form a suction space; and cooling devices positioned on opposite sides of the suction cup to cool a part to be treated, which has been sucked into the suction space. Further, metallic cooling plates in-molded in a suction cup made of silicone make contact with the part to be treated via a thin silicone layer such that fat can be destroyed efficiently using a small amount of anti-freezing agent while protecting the skin.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: CLASSYS INC.Inventor: Sung Jae Jung