Systems, devices and garments for surface temperature therapy of a patient
AssigneeZoll Circulation, Inc.
InventorJeremy Thomas Dabrowiak
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Abstract
A conformable garment or device, for example, for performing heat exchange with a patient, includes one or more tubes. At least one of the one or more tubes has a lumen configured to receive fluid for flowing through the lumen of that tube to heat or cool the tube. The one or more tubes may be coupled to form a conformable fabric or material, such that the conformable fabric or material conforms to a non-planar shape. The conformable garment or device may conform to cover a particular portion of the patient's body to heat or cool the patient's body.
Claims20
A system for providing external heat exchange to a patient, the system comprising:
- a heat exchange device for placement on the patient, the heat exchange device comprising:
- a plurality of tubes, at least one tube of the plurality of tubes having a lumen configured to receive fluid for flowing through the lumen to heat the tube or cool the tube;
- the plurality of tubes being interconnected into a pattern such that the plurality of interconnected tubes is configured to conform into a three dimensional shape, wherein each tube of the plurality of tubes comprises one or more loops, wherein a first loop of a first tube of the plurality of tubes is interlocked with a second loop of a second tube of the plurality of tubes;
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- a control console comprising:
- a pump configured to pump fluid through the at least one tube of the plurality of tubes;
- a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the fluid for flowing through the lumen of the at least one tube of the plurality of tubes to heat or cool the at least one tube;
- a controller configured to control operation of the pump;
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- a user interface configured to receive inputs for controlling the pump and to display operational data for operation of the pump.
A wearable heat-exchange device comprising:
- a plurality of tubes, at least one tube of the plurality of tubes having a lumen configured to receive fluid, the at least one tube configured to allow for fluid flow through the lumen,
- the plurality of tubes being interconnected into a pattern such that the plurality of interconnected tubes is configured to conform into a wearable three-dimensional shape, wherein each tube of the plurality of tubes comprises one or more loops, wherein a first loop of a first tube of the plurality of tubes is interlocked with a second loop of a second tube of the plurality of tubes.
A wearable heat-exchange device comprising:
- a plurality of tubes, at least one tube of the plurality of tubes having a lumen configured to receive fluid, the at least one tube configured to allow for fluid flow through the lumen,
- the plurality of tubes being interconnected into a pattern such that the plurality of interconnected tubes is configured to conform into a wearable three-dimensional shape,
- wherein the plurality of tubes is interconnected in a conformable knit pattern, the conformable pattern being stretchable at least along a first axis in a first dimension and at least along a second axis in a second dimension,
- wherein the conformable knit pattern comprises a first knit pattern for a first region of the conformable knit pattern and a second knit pattern for a second region of the conformable knit pattern, the first knit pattern being different than the second knit pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.