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US 2018/0021152 A1Published application
Prosthesis cooling system
OwnerGary Lynn Walters, Jake Parker Montez +2inventors
InventorsGary Lynn Walters, Jake Parker Montez, David Konrad Schultz, Austin Jeffrey Darius
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Abstract
A prosthesis cooling system may comprise one or more thermoelectric cooling devices embedded in a prosthesis socket, a power source, and a power control circuit. The cooling system may use active or passive cooling, and may use a closed-loop temperature control system.
Claims6
1-17. (canceled)
A limb prosthesis comprising:
- a prosthesis socket comprising a first layer and a second layer, the second layer comprising an exterior surface of the socket, the second layer forming an aperture;
- a thermoelectric cooling element (TEC) comprising a cold side surface, a hot side surface and leads, wherein the TEC is disposed in the aperture such that the cold side surface is in a conductive heat exchange relationship with the internal layer and the hot side surface is oriented away from the internal layer;
- a power source electrically coupled to the TEC;
- a housing mounted to the socket and covering the aperture;
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- a phase-change material (PCM) packet removably disposed in the housing in heat-exchange relationship with the hot side surface of the TEC.
3 more elements
The housing comprising insulation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.