Portable thermal therapy system

A system for applying thermal therapy, comprising:

• a wearable garment configured to be worn on a body of a person to which the thermal therapy is to be applied;
• at least one conduit having a segment that is integrated into the wearable garment such that heat exchange occurs between the body of the person and a fluid within the at least one conduit, the at least one conduit having further segments extending away from the wearable garment that have an inlet end and outlet end;
• and
• a wearable fabric pack with at least one clasp for securing the wearable fabric pack to the body of the person, the wearable fabric pack supporting at least one thermoelectric module, a power storage unit, a pump, a fluid inlet configured to be operably coupled to the outlet end of the at least one conduit, and a fluid outlet configured to be operably coupled to the inlet end of the at least one conduit,
• wherein the pump is operably connected to pump the fluid from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet,
• wherein the at least one thermoelectric module is coupled to generate a thermal change in the fluid disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet,
• wherein the power storage unit is operably coupled to provide operating power to the pump and the at least one thermoelectric module, and
• wherein the at least one thermoelectric module includes:
• a first electrically non-conductive substrate having a rectangular block-shaped body with six faces;
• a plurality of heat sink fins operably coupled directly to a first face of the body of the first electrically non-conductive substrate to exchange heat between ambient air and the first electrically non-conductive substrate;
• a second electrically non-conductive substrate having a rectangular block-shaped body with six faces, the body defining a plurality of passages through which the fluid of the at least one conduit flows to exchange heat between the fluid and the at least one thermoelectric module, the plurality of passages extending parallel to one another, each respective passage of the plurality of passages extending from a respective first opening defined in a first face of the body of the second electrically non-conductive substrate to a respective second opening defined in a second face of the body of the second electrically non-conductive substrate, the second face of the body of the second electrically non-conductive substrate being opposite and parallel to the first face of the body of the second electrically non-conductive substrate;
• and
• a plurality of Peltier elements disposed between a second face of the body of the first electrically non-conductive substrate and a third face of the body of the second electrically non-conductive substrate, the second face of the body of the first electrically non-conductive substrate being opposite and parallel to the first face of the body of the first electrically non-conductive substrate.