Integrated thermal exchange systems and methods of fabricating same

A thermal exchange system comprising:

• a thermal transfer unit for interfacing with a body to be thermally conditioned and for transferring thermal energy to a fluid;
• a fluid cooling assembly for cooling the fluid obtained from the thermal transfer unit, the fluid cooling assembly comprising plural thermal dissipation plates which are laminated together;
• a fan for directing air around the fluid cooling assembly;
• a pump for circulating fluid in a circuit comprising the pump, the thermal transfer unit, and the fluid cooling assembly.

A thermal exchange system comprising:

• a thermal transfer unit for interfacing with a body to be thermally conditioned and for transferring thermal energy to a fluid;
• a fluid cooling assembly for cooling the fluid obtained from the thermal transfer unit;
• a fan for directing air around the fluid cooling assembly;
• a pump for circulating fluid in a circuit comprising the pump, the thermal transfer unit, and the fluid cooling assembly;
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• wherein the fluid cooling assembly is in direct contact with the thermal transfer unit and thermally isolates the thermal transfer unit from a remainder of the circuit.

A pump comprising:

• a pump body having a rim for defining a pump chamber and a body floor interior of the rim, the body floor having at least one fluid flow feature provided therein;
• a flexible valve layer residing above the body floor and having a valve flap for selectively covering and opening the fluid flow feature provided in the body floor;
• a pump chamber insert for fitting over the valve layer and sandwiching the valve layer between the pump chamber insert and the body floor, the pump chamber insert having an aperture therein for communicating fluid to the fluid flow feature in accordance with covering and opening of the fluid flow feature by the valve flap;
• a diaphragm layer which covers the pump chamber insert for defining a pump chamber between the diaphragm and the pump chamber insert.