A smart cloth includes a cloth body, a control body, actuation air-permeable components, temperature sensing components, and a health-monitoring device. The health-monitoring device includes a bio-sensing module, a blood glucose sensor, a blood pressure measurement module, and a gas bag. The temperature information of the wearer is detected by the temperature sensing components and outputted to the microprocessor of the control body, so that the microprocessor controls the actuation air-permeable components to perform the gas-guiding operation to adjust an apparent temperature of the wearer for providing wearing comfortableness. The bio-sensing module, the blood glucose sensing module, and the blood pressure measurement module detect and provide the detection data information for the wearer anytime and in real-time to provide health-related information to the wearer. Furthermore, the smart cloth may include a gas detection module, allowing the wearer to obtain gas data information anytime and anywhere for alerting and notifying the wearer.

The present invention is a two-layer garment adapted to receive one or more body parts to provide a user with compression and thermal therapy. The two layers comprise of an inner base layer having a compression fit and an outer mesh layer. The layers are attached to one another such that an intermediate space exists between the two layers. The intermediate space is accessible through one or more openings to the intermediate space. The opening and intermediate space are adapted to receive a thermal transferring element. A thermal pouch having a plurality of projections on an outward facing surface may receive the thermal transferring element prior to insertion into the intermediate space or the projections may be located on the thermal transferring element itself. The outer mesh layer receives the projections securing the thermal transferring element at any location, resulting in unmatched customizable thermal and compression therapy.

An air activated therapeutic heating pad for breast is shown and described herein. The heating pad may include a plurality of pad members. Each of the plurality of pad members may include a facestock layer, a first pressure sensitive adhesive, a second pressure sensitive adhesive, and a liner layer. Each of the plurality of pad members may be capable of being selectably activated and the each of the plurality of pad members may comprise a heat-generating composition generating a heat to a temperature. The plurality of pad members may form a generally U-shape capable of fitting within a cup of a bra.

A cooling assembly is provided for cooling selected parts of the body of a patient to treat hyperthermia or to induce mild hypothermia in the treatment of strokes. The assembly includes a self-contained cooling unit containing a water supply, a battery operated refrigeration unit and circulating pump. A cooling member is connected to the cooling unit and is adapted for receiving cooled water and contacting selected parts of the patient to cool the patient. The cooling member can be a vest, wrap, blanket, chair, hood or cap.

Disclosed are devices and methods for mitigating insulin resistance in a human subject by contacting one or more regions of the neck, the supraclavicular, and the interscapular regions of the human subject with a part of a cooling device, wherein the part of the cooling device has a temperature at about 15 or less Celsius degrees; cooling the one or more regions of the neck, the supraclavicular, and the interscapular regions of the human subject for a cooling period of at least 15 minutes; and performing previous two steps daily for about 14 or more days. The devices and methods may also be used to preventing, delaying or treating type 2 diabetes in a human subject or activating brown fat without incurring a sympathetic nerve-mediated cold feeling in a human subject.

Provided is a system for controlling temperature of a heating breastplate placed on a body of an injured patient, including a heating element positioned within a heating breastplate, the heating element comprising a positive temperature coefficient, the heating element connected to one or more batteries positioned within the heating breastplate; and a controller connected to the one or more batteries and the heating element to regulate a temperature of a body of an injured patient, wherein the controller is programmed or configured to regulate the temperature of the heating element to provide a target temperature value of the heating element, such that heating element provides a uniform and constant temperature to the body of the injured patient.

Disclosed are thermoregulatory systems. In particular, thermoregulatory devices are incorporated into garments for warming and cooling a user's body. Thermoregulatory devices are waterproof and breathable, which allow thermogenerators such as hot packs and cold packs, to remain dry while still allowing air flow such that thermogenerators using air-activated chemical reactants remain active. Thermoregulatory devices are particularly useful with garments maintaining the thermogenerators close to the body's core where they will be most effective. The thermoregulation systems advantageously allow a user to selectively position thermoregulatory devices in different regions of the user's body to self-regulate core body temperature.

Embodiments are directed to creating human thermal comfort through energy-efficient management of heat exchangers on areas of the human body that correspond with dermatomes. Embodiments are further directed to a control module that manages a plurality of individual heat exchangers. A physiological state is created that delays or eliminates the onset of uncomfortable thermoregulatory responses to the ambient temperature without attempting to affect the core body temperature, which is applied to garments and other apparatuses to improve human thermal comfort.

A method and an article of manufacture are disclosed for exchanging heat with a human body part to reduce fever, reduce localized swelling, warm up feet, cool down the body, increase body core temperature, and the like. A double walled water-tight article of clothing, such as a boot or a glove, may include a fluid inlet and outlet. A single walled but water-tight article of clothing may be used around a body part and allow the water to contact the skin inside the article of clothing for more rapid and direct heat exchange. Pumps, heating or cooling elements, thermometers or other devices may be included with the article of clothing. The article of clothing may be compartmentalized to concentrate the fluid around a particular body part. Multilayered articles of clothing are also disclosed to inject a thermal gas into a heat exchange space to cool or warm a user.

A fabric for temperature regulation and a wearable device for regulating a temperature of a wearer are disclosed. The wearable device has a fabric and one or more microtubes woven in the fabric. Each microtube has an inlet and an outlet, and each microtube is configured to transport a gas through the microtube from the inlet to the outlet. A pump moves gas through the microtube to heat or cool the wearer. The fabric may have a plurality of warp yarns in a warp direction and weft yarns in a weft direction. The fabric also has a plurality of microtubes in a warp and/or weft direction of the fabric. The fabric is formed by interweaving the plurality of microtubes with the warp yarns and weft yarns.