Garment for regulating personal body temperature

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-10-22
RES FOUND THE CITY UNIV OF NEW YORK
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This patent describes a wearable vest that regulates a person's body temperature by using recirculating water and Peltier modules to heat or cool the water. The vests have a computer processing unit and a water pump that selectively actuates the Peltier modules based on a temperature sensor that senses the wearer's core body temperature. The vests also have a hollow fluid path with two water manifolds that segment the water inlet tube and unify the plurality of tubes over an area of the vest. This design allows the vests to regulate the wearer's body temperature by selectively heating or cooling the water block.

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These crude forms of personal temperature control have no sensory capability.
Therefore, they would not know when they are overheating which can result in hyperthermia or heat stroke.
Likewise, they would not know when their body is cold and this can result in hypothermia.

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[0013]The disclosed device is a cooling and heating system in the form of a vest that detects a person's body temperature. When the wearer's body temperature exceeds a desired value or is below the desired value, the system turns on automatically to provide cooling or heating, respectively. When their body temperature reaches the desired value, the system turns off automatically. This concept has the potential for use in a wide range of applications such as cooling or heating for people (including athletes in para-sports) who cannot control their body temperature due to illnesses such as spinal cord injury (SCI). In another embodiment, the system provides cooling and heating jackets that can be worn by healthy people in the winter and / or summer.

[0014]FIG. 1 depicts a vest 100. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the vest 100 comprises a pair of sides 102 that releasably close at a closure 104. The closure 104 may be a zipper, a series of buttons or the like. In another embodiment, the side...

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Abstract

A wearable vest for regulating personal body temperature. The vest is fluidly connected to tubes that recirculate water. The water passes through a computer-controlled a thermal unit that has a water block with a pair of Peltier modules that heat or cool the water block. A temperature sensor senses the wearer's core body temperature and selectively actuates the Peltier modules.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to and is a non-provisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 62 / 834,693 (filed Apr. 16, 2019), the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Numerous devices are available to help individuals regulate their body temperature. The current solutions for personal cooling and heating currently include jackets that circulate ice-chilled water or use water sprays. Even at the Paralympics, water sprays are used in between breaks to cool athletes. These crude forms of personal temperature control have no sensory capability. For people who cannot control their body temperature due to a physiological condition, they most likely cannot feel temperature as well. Therefore, they would not know when they are overheating which can result in hyperthermia or heat stroke. Likewise, they would not know when their body is cold and this can result in hypothermia. An improved body ...

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IPC IPC(8): A41D13/005A41D1/00
CPCA41D1/002A41D13/0053A41D13/0051F25B21/02F25D31/005F25D2400/26
InventorSU, HAOMAHADEO, SATESHZYCH, ARTURSANAKOV, DIAR
OwnerRES FOUND THE CITY UNIV OF NEW YORK