Scalp cooling apparatus
OwnerYvonne Olofssoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for regulating the temperature of the scalp of a person undergoing chemotherapy or like treatment, for instance. The apparatus comprising a head covering (1) that includes a plurality of chambers (4) that extend from the edge (5) of the head covering up towards the crown (7) of said covering, such that the coolant inlets (9) are located at the bottom of the head covering in the vicinity of its edge (5) and the outlets (10) are located at the top of the head covering in the vicinity of its crown (7).
Claims5
Apparatus for regulating the temperature of a human scalp, comprising a head covering (1) that includes a flow passage and a cooling fluid which flows through the passage from an inlet (9) at the edge of the head covering to an outlet (10) at the crown of said head covering and which is connected to a circulating system, characterized in that the head covering includes a plurality of mutually delimited, converging chambers (4) which extend from the edge (5) of the head covering up to the crown (7) of said covering;
- in that a temperature sensor (13) is mounted in connection with each flow passage (4) for registering local temperature;
- and in that a regulating device is provided for individually regulating the temperature or the flow of the fluid flowing through respective flow passages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.