Heating and cooling device
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Michigan
InventorsSridhar LAKSHMANAN, Michael William PUTTY
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Abstract
A heating and/or cooling device for contact with a human body is provided having a power source outputting electrical energy, a temperature controller operably coupled to the power source configured to maintain a predetermined temperature parameter, and at least one heating and/or cooling module operably coupled to the temperature controller for selectively receiving the electrical energy and being responsive thereto to heat and/or cool the human body. The at least one heating and/or cooling module having a pair of electrodes spaced apart by a thermoelectric powder and an insulator at least partially surrounding the thermoelectric powder.
Claims12
A heating and/or cooling device for contact with a human body, the heating and/or cooling device comprising:
- a power source outputting electrical energy;
- a temperature controller operably coupled to the power source configured to maintain a predetermined temperature parameter;
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- at least one heating and/or cooling module operably coupled to the temperature controller for selectively receiving the electrical energy and being responsive thereto to heat and/or cool the human body, the at least one heating and/or cooling module having a pair of electrodes spaced apart by a thermoelectric powder and an insulator at least partially surrounding the thermoelectric powder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.