Cooling cap assembly and cooling unit
AssigneeCooler Heads Care, Inc.
InventorsKathleen Dilligan, Jeffrey Weintraub, Todd Pelman, Robert HJ Miros, Ricardo Salinas, Keith B. Payea
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods herein relate to cooling a head of a patient. These systems and methods may comprise a cooling cap assembly comprising a heat exchanger configured to be wrapped around a head of a patient and a compression assembly releasably coupled to the heat exchanger. The compression assembly may comprise an enclosure and an inflatable member coupled to an internal surface of the enclosure. When coupled, the inflatable member may be positioned between the enclosure and the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may be separate from and moveable relative to the inflatable member.
Claims28
A method of cooling a scalp of a head to reduce hair loss resultant from chemotherapy comprising:
- placing a heat exchanger comprising a temperature sensor around a portion of the scalp while leaving sides of a neck exposed;
- placing a compression assembly over the heat exchanger and on the head after placing the heat exchanger, wherein the compression assembly comprises an outer member and an inflatable inner member coupled to the outer member;
- adjusting inflation of the inflatable inner member based on a temperature measured by the temperature sensor to adjust a contact area between the heat exchanger and the scalp;
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- circulating a fluid through the heat exchanger to reduce hair loss resultant from chemotherapy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.