Cool vest

Abstract

A method and apparatus for adjusting the body temperature of a patient comprises a vest receiving at least a portion of the body and head. The vest comprises a frontal opening with adjustable Velcro adhesive for accommodating different patients and two openings for the arms with rubber-tubing coiled between two layers of fabric, one being thermal insulated. The rubber-tubing from the vest will be connected to a pump then connected to a copper-tubing coil inside a cooler to form a closed circuit loop between the rubber-tubing, copper-tubing coil and pump. Water or other liquids will be circulated via pump into vest from copper-tubing coil inside a cooler filled with ice. The vest, pump and copper coil will be portable and there will be two union connectors, two tee connectors, and a manual diverter to enable unit to also be powered via a stationary cooling motor if so desired.

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FIELD OF INVENTION[0001]This invention relates generally to the medical field. More particularly, the invention relates to a device to allow an adjustment of the body temperature of a patient, namely strokes and / or heart attack patients but not exclusively for these types of traumas. The aim is to induce hypothermia to prevent and / or minimize damage via maintaining an adjusted body temperature to help prevent further damage to the human body that has been traumatized due to an accident or illness.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Various types of body cooling devices are well known. However, none of the references provided has a vest that cools the head and body simultaneously via coil filled with water or other liquid and is portable with a pump.[0003]The related art is represented by the following patents of interest and applications.[0004]U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 603,846 applied on Nov. 22, 2006 by Denise Barbut & Allan Rosezenberg describes a method for cerebral and systemic ...

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Benefits of technology

[0016]This being the case, another object of this invention is to have it portable to quickly apply this cooling therapy at the scene as well as while transporting a patient of an accident or ill patient, thus saving valuable time, which will limit further trauma to the head and / or body.

[0018]The cool vest system according to this invention includes a device that can be worn on the head and body during a traumatic health situation that will lower the body temperature to hypothermia thus preventing and / or limiting further trauma to the heart, brain and / or other vital organs. It is a sleeveless head and body thermal insulated garment that is easily fastened with Velcro adhesive that can be adjusted to accommodate different sized humans. It includes a rubber tube closed circuit coil system filled with water or other liquids that will be cooled via an exterior copper-tubing coil submersed in an ice filled cooler and circulated throughout the coiled system via a pump. While circulating cooled liquids around the head and body it will prevent and / or limit the traumatic damage done to vital organs. This pump will be a part of the closed circuit coil system that can be powered via AC, DC or solar power.

Problems solved by technology

However, none of the references provided has a vest that cools the head and body simultaneously via coil filled with water or other liquid and is portable with a pump.

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