Mammalian thermal manikin

A thermally representative phantom mammalian manikin leg limb assembly, comprising:

• an upper cover portion partially enclosing an upper thermal cavity having a first thermally representative material configured to represent mammalian tissue therein, the upper cover portion having a first upper opening;
• a first upper cap extending across the first upper opening and configured to further enclose the upper thermal cavity, the first upper cap having a first upper aperture extending therethrough;
• a first device extending through the first upper aperture and into the upper thermally representative material;
• a mid cover portion operably coupled to the upper cover portion;
• a lower cover portion operably coupled to the mid cover portion opposite the upper cover portion, the lower cover portion partially enclosing a lower thermal cavity having a second thermally representative material configured to represent mammalian tissue therein, the lower cover portion having a first lower opening;
• a first lower cap extending across the first lower opening and configured to further enclose the lower thermal cavity, the first lower cap having a first lower aperture extending therethrough;
• and
• a second device extending through the first lower aperture and into the second thermally representative material,
• wherein the first device is configured to measure a property of the first thermally representative material, and wherein the second device is configured to measure a property of the second thermally representative material.

A method of thermally testing a mammalian heat transfer device, the method comprising:

• obtaining a thermally representative phantom mammalian manikin assembly, comprising:
• a cover portion at least partially enclosing a thermal cavity and having an aperture extending therethrough;
• a thermally representative material configured to represent mammalian tissue and positioned within the thermal cavity;
• and
• a thermocouple extending through the aperture and into the thermally representative material within the thermal cavity, wherein the thermocouple is configured to measure a temperature of a portion of the thermally representative material;
• changing the thermal energy of the thermally representative phantom mammalian manikin assembly;
• and
• measuring the change in temperature of the portion of the thermally representative material.