A medical cooling device and a method for operating the same are provided.

Wearable heat transfer devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a representative heat transfer device can comprise (i) thermoelectric components each having a first side and a second side, (ii) a heat transfer system having a heat exchanger and an array of fluid distribution networks, in which individual fluid distribution networks are thermally coupled to the second side of a corresponding one of the thermoelectric components and fluidically coupled to the heat exchanger, and (iii) a flexible support unit coupled to the first sides of the thermoelectric components and extending at least between individual thermoelectric components, wherein the flexible support unit is a heat spreader configured to enhance heat transfer from a target area.

A respiration-based body temperature modifying apparatus including an air temperature modifying element producing temperature-altered air and a respiration zone that, in use, communicates with the respiratory system of the user and receives the temperature-altered air so that the user can draw the temperature-altered air from the respiration zone into the lungs to alter body temperature.

A probe intended to be at least partially implanted in a living being, with a view to locally cooling at least one region of the living being, this probe notably including a cooling member present at its distal end, which member is intended to make contact with the region to be cooled, and a thermoelectric cooling module including a cold region making contact with the cooling member.

Packs for providing heat or cold to a body part or parts. In some embodiments, packs comprising an outer flexible shell or skin housing or carrying a plurality of beads mixed in combination with a liquid or gel. In some embodiments, packs, which can be (or are) configured into various shapes, which contain heads in combination with a liquid or gel solution, which can be heated or cooled for application, thereafter, to a body part for providing hot or cold therapy to the body part.

A temperature-regulating support includes a head part and a body part that are coupled to one another, at least one temperature-regulating layer, and a support layer. The at least one temperature-regulating layer has a battery as a power supply. The battery is arranged in a compartment of the support, and the battery is capable of being removed from the compartment and can be inserted into the compartment.

A cerebral protection system generally includes an array of cold packs, an insulating cover, and optionally a set of trays. The cold pack contains two reactive materials separated by a rupturable membrane. When the first reactive material and the second reactive material are mixed, an endothermic reaction occurs. The system can be used to induce hypothermia in selected regions of the brain when used. The system can be used to treat conditions including concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI), heatstroke, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, anoxic brain injury, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), or hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.

A multi-function heated garment capable of performing multidirectional physical therapy includes a garment body, a hood, a heating control device, a quick charge source, and a heating load. The heating load includes at least one first carbon fiber heating sheet and a second carbon fiber heating sheet arranged inside the garment body and the hood, respectively. Second electrically conductive buttons provided on the garment body are buckled and electrically connected to first electrically conductive buttons provided on the hood. The hood can be connected or disconnected as required. The carbon fiber heating sheets share the quick charge source and the heating control device. It is safe and convenient to use. It can perform multi-directional heating and infrared physical therapy on various parts of the human body.

Presented is a gel cap adapted to relieve headaches, migraine, headache, fever, stress, or similar medical conditions in users. The gel cap includes one or more chambers defined by one or more stretchable and flexible pieces of fabric, and filled with a temperature-variable substance. In use, one of the chambers substantially covers a frontal region of a user's head and a front face extending until the cheekbones of the user, and another chamber substantially covers a rear region of the user's head extending from parietal to occipital region. The chambers are isolated from each other by a region extending from mesh covers that attaches one chamber to the other chamber and substantially cover ears of the user. The chamber covering frontal region of the user's head and the front face includes a V shaped cut-out section conforming to the nose of the user.

A system for cooling the brain of a human subject, includes a cooling subsystem which inputs a flow of air or breathable gas, cool the air or breathable gas, and outputs cooled air or breathable gas which is delivered to a human subject. A flow control device controls a flow rate of the flow of the air or breathable gas input to the cooling subsystem and a flow rate of the cooled air or breathable gas delivered to the human subject. One or more flow rate sensors measure at least a flow rate of flow of cooled air or breathable gas. One or more temperature sensors measure at least a temperature of a brain and the temperature of the flow of cooled air or breathable gas. A controller adjusts a cooling rate, the temperature, and the flow rate of flow of cooled air or breathable gas delivered to the human subject to cool the brain of the human subject.