Arrangement applied to a cap for cooling the scalp

A system for evenly cooling the entire scalp to prevent alopecia from chemotherapy, comprising:

• a cooling unit with a compressor and evaporator, the cooling unit having a discharge for providing cold air;
• a hose having an input end operably attached to the discharge and an opposite discharge end, wherein the hose carries cold air from the cooling unit, through the input end and to the discharge end;
• a cooling cap having a cylindrical body;
• a duct disposed in a top portion of the cap, the duct being operably connected to the discharge end of the hose for introducing cold air from the cooling unit into the cap;
• a central opening disposed in a bottom portion of the cap, the central opening being configured to receive a patient's head, wherein a section of the bottom portion terminates above a patient's eyes;
• a distribution member connected in communication with the duct, the distribution member having a plurality of openings facing an inner wall of the cap for evenly dispersing cold air into the cap, wherein the distribution member is disposed below the duct, wherein the distribution member receives the cold air from the duct and includes a bottom surface disposed beneath a discharge opening of the duct having a perimeter greater than the discharge opening for directing the cold air through the plurality of openings to an entire perimeter of an inner wall of the body, wherein the distribution member is disposed in an interior of the cap, wherein a plurality of edges of the plurality openings connect the distribution member to the duct, wherein the plurality of edges are configured to direct the cold air flow from the duct through the plurality of openings;
• wherein cold air introduced at the plurality of openings is in contact with the scalp of the patient's head;
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• a thermal foam disposed between the inner wall and an outer wall of the cap.

A cap for evenly cooling the entire scalp to prevent alopecia from chemotherapy, comprising:

• a cylindrical body having a top portion and an opposite bottom portion configured to be worn on a patient's head;
• a duct disposed in a center of the top portion of the body, the duct configured for operably connecting to a cold air source for providing cold air to the body of the cap;
• a distribution member connected in communication with the duct, the distribution member having a plurality of openings facing an inner wall of the cap, wherein the distribution member receives the cold air from the duct, wherein the distribution member is disposed below the duct in an interior of the top portion of the cylindrical body and includes a bottom surface disposed beneath a discharge opening of the duct having a perimeter greater than the discharge opening for directing the cold air through the plurality of openings to an entire perimeter of an inner wall of the body to cool the entire scalp;
• a central opening disposed in the bottom portion, the central opening being configured to receive the patient's head;
• and a plurality of fins interspaced within the body between the top portion and the bottom portion, wherein each fin includes a top portion disposed proximate the top portion of the body and the distribution member and a bottom portion disposed proximate the bottom portion of the body, and wherein cold air introduced at the central opening and directed between the plurality of fins is in contact with the scalp of the patient's head;
• wherein the plurality of openings are disposed the top portion of the body of the body downstream of the duct, each of the openings corresponding with a space between each of the plurality of fins, wherein a plurality of edges of the plurality openings connect the distribution member to the duct, wherein the plurality of edges are configured to direct the cold air flow from the duct through the plurality of openings and wherein a first edge of the plurality of edges is adjacent to a first fin of the plurality of fins and a second edge of the plurality of edges is adjacent to a second fin of the plurality of fins;
• a plurality of reinforcement ribs interdisposed about the bottom portion of the body;
• wherein cold air exits the bottom portion of the body through the central opening into ambient air.