A garment for applying cold or heat to a digit of a wearer, which comprises at least one digit sleeve and a securing mechanism for securing the digit sleeve to a digit of the wearer. The digit sleeve is composed of a protective outer layer, a heating/freezing middle layer and an inner comfort layer. A cavity formed within the digit sleeve is configured for receiving the digit of the wearer.

A garment for therapeutic comfort to the wearer's lower body. The garment includes an outer layer that is usually of color or design in order to be aesthetically pleasing, and an inner layer that is in contact with the wearer when worn. The garment includes a plurality of upper and lower pocket members selectively positioned on the front, rear, outer, and inner sides of the garment, the pocket members each include a chamber in communication with an opening that can be in parallel or perpendicular with the length of leg portions of the garment. Each of the pocket members are defined between the outer and inner sides of the garment, and are seized for receiving a cold compression.

One variation of a method for fabricating a dermal heatsink includes: fabricating a substrate defining an interior surface, an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, and an open network of pores extending between the interior surface and the exterior surface; activating surfaces of the substrate and walls of the open network of pores; applying a coating over the substrate to form a heatsink, the coating comprising a porous, hydrophilic material and defining a void network; removing an excess of the coating from the substrate to clear blockages within the open network of pores by the coating; hydrating the heatsink during a curing period; heating the heatsink during the curing period to increase porosity of the coating applied over surfaces of the substrate; and rinsing the heatsink with an acid to decarbonate the coating along walls of the open network of pores in the substrate.

An ICT technology-based piece of cooling clothing includes: an outer cover forming an external shape of the piece of cooling clothing and having a receiving pocket; a lining provided to be disposed toward the skin of a wearer that is the inside of the outer cover; a cooling pad unit disposed between the outer cover and the lining or inside the lining, made of a rectangular flexible material having short sides and long sides to transmit coolness to a wearer, and having a cooling inflow hole, cooling channels, and a cooling outflow hole; a cooling unit supplying cool air by being connected to the cooling inflow hole of the cooling pad unit and absorbing heat, which is generated by the cooling pad unit, through the cooling outflow hole, thereby performing heat dissipation and cooling; a controller provided to collect temperature information from at least any one of the cooling pad unit or the cooling unit through a temperature information collector and to transmit a cooling control signal to the cooling unit; and a user terminal connected with the controller through a network and provided to receive and display the temperature information on a display and to transmit a control signal of a user to the controller.

A wearable cooling apparatus for cooling a person's body with ice packs includes a primary sleeve having walls that, together, define an interior space. The primary sleeve includes a closed first end blocking access to the interior space and defining an open second end configured to allow the ice packs to be inserted sequentially into the interior space. While the outer, upper, and lower primary sleeve walls may include insulation so as to resist a thermal energy transfer out of the interior area, the inner sleeve wall is not insulated and allows thermal transfer to the skin of a wearer. The primary sleeve includes a fastener for selective attachment to a garment. A plurality of auxiliary sleeves may be attached to the garment and worn on a person's torso. The primary sleeve may have an elongate configuration and include fasteners for use as a cooling belt apart from the garment.

A temperature-regulating garment is provided for assisting a user with regulating body temperature. A garment body has first and second major garment body edges. The garment body has a neckline formed by a least a portion of the first major garment body edge. The garment body has a front right panel, a front left panel, and a back panel. At least one armhole is located laterally between the back panel and a selected one of the right front panel and the left front panel. First and second neck pockets are each configured to accept a temperature-regulating pack. The first neck pocket is disposed upon at least one of the right front panel and the back panel, spanning the first major garment body edge. The second neck pocket is disposed upon at least one of the left front panel and the back panel, spanning the first major garment body edge.

A thermal therapy compression garment for providing heat or cold therapy to the body of a user wearing the garment is provided. The garment features a garment body formed of elastic material which has a plurality of thermal storage components coupled to the body. With the garment in an as-worn position on the body of a user, heat or cold stored in the thermal storage components is communicated to the body of the user.

One variation of a method for fabricating a dermal heatsink includes: fabricating a substrate defining an interior surface, an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, and an open network of pores extending between the interior surface and the exterior surface; activating surfaces of the substrate and walls of the open network of pores; applying a coating over the substrate to form a heatsink, the coating comprising a porous, hydrophilic material and defining a void network; removing an excess of the coating from the substrate to clear blockages within the open network of pores by the coating; hydrating the heatsink during a curing period; heating the heatsink during the curing period to increase porosity of the coating applied over surfaces of the substrate; and rinsing the heatsink with an acid to decarbonate the coating along walls of the open network of pores in the substrate.

Aspects herein are directed to a cooling garment. The cooling garment can include a vest configured to be worn by a wearer. One or more pockets on the vest may be configured to receive one or more icepacks. The one or more pockets may include a stretch material on a front portion of the one or more pockets. The one or more pockets can further include a non-stretch material on a back portion of the one or more pockets.

A clinical garment for patient warming including a front body panel having a first edge, an opposite second edge, an insulated sheet comprising an insulated layer positioned between an outer layer a film layer, a permeable layer adjacent to the film layer of the insulated sheet, a blanket section defined by a lower portion of the insulated sheet sealed to a lower portion of the permeable along a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposite first and second side edges of the blanket section, and at least one inlet port extending into the blanket section. The garment further includes a first back panel secured to at least a portion of the first edge of the front body panel and a second back panel secured to at least a portion of the second edge of the front body panel.