Devices, methods and uses for removing heat, energy and fluids from a mammal
AssigneeCooltech, LLC
InventorsBrian Lipford, Tandri Harikrishna, Ben Lane, Aaron Pearl
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Abstract
The present invention provides improved devices for removing energy and fluid from body fluid containing spaces and surfaces of a mammal, and new uses for such devices, including fluid removal, energy removal, increasing metabolic rate; promoting weight loss; preventing esophageal burn-through, reducing beta-amylase accumulation in the brain, delaying or inhibiting the onset of Alzheimer's and other senile dementia.
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A method for inducing controlled evaporation of a body fluid from the nasal turbinates of a mammal, comprising delivering a dry gas not including a coolant into or upon the nasal turbinates to provide evaporation of the bodily fluid upon contact with the dry gas, wherein the gas is delivered to the nasal turbinates in pulses.
A method for inducing controlled evaporation of a body fluid from the nasal turbinates of a mammal, comprising drawing a dry gas not including a coolant across the nasal turbinates by vacuum or negative pressure to provide evaporation of the bodily fluid upon contact with the dry gas.
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A portable device for inducing evaporation of a fluid from a bodily fluid-containing space in a mammal, the device comprising, in an integrated unit:
- an air inlet,
- an inlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both;
- a desiccant chamber configured to receive a removable and replaceable desiccant element;
- an air outlet configured to connect to an air delivery tube;
- a blower configured to draw ambient air into the device via the air inlet and force said ambient air across said dessicant chamber and out said air outlet;
- an outlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both;
- said air inlet, blower, desiccant chamber, and air outlet arranged in series along an air flow path.
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