A cooling headgear is disclosed. Absorbent material within the headgear retains cold water. When worn by a user, the headgear holds the cold water to the head of the user, cooling the user.

The present invention comprises a heat transfer vest. The vest is configured to mount a plurality of heat transfer packs on its interior surface. In the preferred embodiments the appropriate portions of the interior surface are covered in a hook-compatible material. In these versions, the thermal transfer packs include one or more hook panels that are used to attach the packs to the interior surface.

A therapeutic mask system for treatment of the eyes, including a mask portion for attachment to the head of a patient and an eye coverage pod that is detachably coupled to the mask portion. The mask portion can include an eye coverage portion comprising a receiver in which the pod is releasably secured. The pods can also be directly secured to a mask strap. The pod includes material for delivering thermal, moisture and/or medication therapy and treatment to the eye. The system can also include a heat-transmissive treatment pad positioned between the pod and the eye of the user.

A cooling headgear is disclosed. Absorbent material within the headgear retains cold water. When worn by a user, the headgear holds the cold water to the head of the user, cooling the user.

A head cooling device includes a central portion that has a predetermined volume of space and is seated on a top portion of the user's head; and a plurality of wing portions radially connected to the central portion and extending in a fan shape, wherein each of the wing portions includes a plurality of chambers each having a predetermined volume of space in which a phase change material is charged, and a plurality of bridges configured to partition and connect each of the plurality of chambers. The central portion and each of the plurality of chambers further incudes a cushioning member to protect the user's head and improve safety by absorbing and alleviating an impact applied from outside.

Embodiments include cooling articles including a receptacle, an endothermic ingredient contained in a first capsule within the receptacle, an endothermic matrix within the receptacle, and a color indicator. The endothermic ingredient, when mixed with the endothermic matrix, generates an endothermic reaction, and the color indicator is activated upon the generation of the endothermic reaction to indicate that cooling has been initiated. Other embodiments include cooling articles including an electric circuit configured to melt at least a portion of the first capsule to enable the endothermic ingredient and the endothermic matrix to mix. Systems for providing cooling that include a person support apparatus and a cooling article including a thermoelectric device coupled to the person support apparatus to direct heat from a source region to a sink region including the person support apparatus are also described.

A cooling compression sleeve device generally comprising three layers, a flexible bottom layer, a flexible middle layer, and a flexible top layer, and two voids, the first void substantially filled with a cooling agent and the second void comprising a selectively inflatable air bladder, which in its preferred form is portable, cleanable, reusable, and useful to provide cooling therapy to the limbs of humans or animals and particularly to the knee, shoulder, and elbow joints.

The device provides a portable means of lowering human core body temperature by cooling the blood that circulates through glabrous skin. The device is fundamentally comprised of a container and a non-toxic, organic, phase-change material, such as oleic acid, selected because it transitions from a solid to liquid phase between 8 and 20 C., and preferably between 10 to 15 C. This phase-change material acts as a heatsink when placed in contact with glabrous skin thereby allowing the device to absorb heat from the circulating blood. The cooled blood then circulates through the body, lowering core body temperature. The status of the phase-change can be observed, often through transparent container walls, and the device is thermally recharged as needed.

Disclosed herein are cold slurry formulations, devices, and methods for alleviating symptoms of ocular surface discomfort. Cold slurry formulations comprising ice, a freezing temperature depressant, and, optionally, a lipid are disclosed. Devices and methods for protecting a target ocular surface from contacting a cold slurry formulation that is used to maintain the target ocular surface at a temperature desired for alleviating symptoms of ocular surface discomfort are disclosed. Self-contained devices configured to receive a cold slurry formulation for maintaining the target ocular surface at a temperature desired for alleviating symptoms of ocular surface discomfort are disclosed. Devices and methods are disclosed for protecting a cornea and/or eyelid of a subject from the freezing cold slurry formulation that is directly or indirectly applied or injected into the target ocular surface. Kits comprising multiple syringes for administering multiple doses of the cold slurry to the target ocular surface, are disclosed.

The present invention relates to a new cryogenic composition intended for use in heat treatment devices, as well as its preparation method. The invention also relates to a heat treatment device, and more particularly to a medical device used to cool a part of the human or animal body, in particular after trauma, inflammation or a surgical procedure. The invention finds application in the therapeutic and/or medical field, but also in other fields such as for example for cooling or maintaining foodstuffs or beverages at low temperatures.