A self-adhering, moldable and yet semi-rigid safeguard for the nose that does not require straps or bands, which also simultaneously protects a person's nose from inclement weather.

The apparatus is made of low temperature moldable plastic enclosed between two layers of polychloroprene with a temporary adhesive applied to the back of the attachment so that it may adhere to a person's nose.

The low temperature moldable plastic provides further adherence to a person's nose with its ability to be custom form fitted to a person's exact nose shape because of the safeguard's ability to be molded at warm temperatures.

The low temperature molded plastic then cools to become more rigid offering further protection.

Devices for therapeutic interaction with an Abreu brain thermal tunnel (ABTT) terminus. Such devices provide heat to or remove heat from the ABTT terminus, and may also provide heat to or remove heat from veins connected to the ABTT. Therapeutic devices for engaging with the ABTT terminus benefit from diagnostics obtained at the ABTT terminus, or from other locations on the body.

A facial cold compress assembly for reducing facial swelling includes a strip that has a pair of pouches each being integrated into the strip. The strip is wearable on a user's face having the strip extending across the user's nose and beneath each of the user's eyes. In this way the strip is aligned with the user's nasal pathways. The strip is comprised of a thermally conductive material such that the strip is in thermal communication with the user's face when the strip is worn. An adhesive layer is bonded to the strip to retain the strip on the user's face. A pair of thermal packs is each removably positionable into a respective one of the pouches. Each of the thermal packs is positionable in a refrigerator for chilling and subsequently reducing swelling on the user's face and reduce congestion in the user's nasal pathways when the strip is worn.

The present invention provides a nasopharyngeal airway management device for brain-nasal cavity cooling according to the present invention including a cooling gas induction hose that is a tubular body with a hollow inside along a length, and induces a cooling gas introduced through one side to the other side; an adapter that is connected to the other side of the cooling gas induction hose, is mounted around the patient's upper lip, distributes the cooling gas induced through the cooling gas induction hose to a pair of discharge ripples, and discharges the cooling gas; and a nasal cavity cooling tube that is a tubular body with a hollow inside along a length, one side is coupled to a discharge nipple of the adapter and the other side of which is inserted into the patient's nasal cavity, and forms a plurality of discharge holes for discharging the cooling gas to any one point of the length, so that the nasal cavity cooling tube that is connected to the adapter fixed to the patient's upper lip, and dividing and discharging the cooling gas introduced through the cooling gas induction hose is inserted into the nasopharynx through the patient's nostril, and the cooling gas (low-temperature oxygen) discharged through the discharge hole of the the nasal cavity cooling tube is discharged into the nasal cavity close to the brain, and thereby quick and easy stable local cooling of the brain is induced while maintaining the nasopharyngeal airway.

A microwave radiometric sensor probe module configured to fit within at least an external portion of an auditory or ear canal of a patient encloses a microwave integrated circuit and associated waveguide printed probe. The probe is configured to receive microwave radiation from a dielectric rod antenna of the module oriented into the auditory canal towards a tympanic membrane. Radiation from the tympanic membrane is coupled into the rod antenna, projected towards the printed probe, and received at the integrated circuit. A communications interface connects the integrated circuit to a temperature monitor and control unit for receiving the sensor output and for deriving at least a measure of patient brain temperature from the sensor output. The temperature monitor and control unit may be connected to a targeted temperature management system for controlling the temperature of a patient on the basis of the derived brain temperature.

A device and method is provided for treating a person by providing controlled stimulation of a branch of the trigeminal nerve of the person to induce a dive reflex response in the person. A device for providing this treatment includes a stimulus component controllably operable to stimulate a branch of the trigeminal nerve of a person. The stimulus component can be a Peltier device configured to reduce the temperature of the person's face in proximity to a branch of the trigeminal nerve to induce the dive reflex. A controller controls activation of the stimulus component when it is desirable to induce the dive reflex response in the person. The controller can sense physiological and ambient conditions and can activate and deactivate the stimulus component in response to a condition falling within or outside a threshold value.

The disclosure relates to a system (100) for a patient (10), the system comprising one or more devices (110a; 110b). Each of the one or more devices (110a; 110b) comprises a nasal cavity element (120a; 120b) adapted to be introduced through a nostril into the nasal cavity (12) of the patient (10), tubing (130a; 130b), fluidly connected to the nasal cavity element (120a; 120b), said tubing (130a, 130b) being arranged to provide a fluid to the nasal cavity element (120a; 120b), and a sleeve (140a; 140b) slidably attached to said nasal cavity element (120a; 120b) and said tubing (130a; 130b). The sleeve (140a; 140b) is movable from a closed position (FIG. 2A) at which the sleeve (140a; 140b) encloses and protects the nasal cavity element (120a; 120b), and an open position (FIGS. 2B, 3B) at which at least a part of the nasal cavity element (120a; 120b) protrudes from the sleeve (140a; 140b).

A skin treatment apparatus, such as a microdermabrasion or dermaplaning apparatus, includes a housing having a top end and a bottom end, a treatment head attached to the top end of the housing and arranged to exfoliate skin within a treatment area, and a cooling member provided on the bottom end of the housing arranged to cool skin within the treatment area.

A device comprising a heat-generating component that comprises an alkali metal is provided. The alkali metal in the presence of water at a point of contact of the device undergoes an exothermic reaction to generate heat in situ. The amount of heat generated is proportional to and/or limited by the amount (or moles) of water at the point of contact, and the heat generated is sufficient to achieve an increase in temperature at the point of contact to achieve a therapeutic or beneficial result. In one embodiment, the device is used for reducing sweat production in a subject suffering from excessive sweating or hyperhidrosis. In other embodiments, the device is used to substantially sterilize a surface or render a surface substantially aseptic.

Embodiments provide a moldable warming device, including a heating disc; a first harmonic resonance frequency stimulation vibration generator (RFSVG); a coupling device; a mask configured to hold the heating disc, the first harmonic RFSVG, and the coupling device for use in parallel utility; and a sensor array, the sensor array configured to determine tuning parameters of a vibration and heating profile of a user's individual eyelid, periorbital, and nasal three-dimensional anatomy and surface topography. According to at least one embodiment, the moldable warming device is configured to provide an eyelid surface and periorbital structures with therapeutic warmth, and the first harmonic RFSVG is configured to provide tuned harmonic resonance or non-resonance frequency stimulation vibration over the user's nasal bridge area through the user's nasal bone such that nasal sensory nerves are stimulated to induce tear production reflex in the user's lacrimal function unit.