A non-inflating flexible warm air distribution manifold that attaches to the patient side of patient gown. This manifold is configured to receive warmed air the of the warm-air receiving orifice and to distribute the warm air over a wide area of the patient side of the gown. By one approach the manifold comprises a flexible baffle. This baffle can be disposed on the patient side of the gown office proximal (in fact, opposite) the warm-air receiving orifice. The baffle has two or more sides that are secured to the gown and two or more sides that are not secured to the gown. Warm air entering the gown through the warm-air receiving orifice can readily pass through the sides that are not secured to the gown while the warm air entering the gown is largely impeded from passing through the sides that are secured to the gown.

A blower for an air-conditioned garment is provided with a blower unit having a fan driven by a motor, and a power supply unit for supplying power to the blower unit. The blower unit is provided with a first housing that houses the fan. The power supply unit is provided with a second housing that houses a battery. The first housing is provided with a first contact part through which the power supplied by the power supply unit can be supplied. The second housing is provided with a second contact part which is arranged in a position corresponding to the first contact part and abuts the first contact part. The first housing and the second housing each have a shape detachably engageable with each other.

A surgical protection system to define a barrier between the user and the external environment. The surgical protection system comprising a helmet assembly, a hood and a transparent face shield. The helmet including a shell, a face frame coupled to the shell, a static tab, a first fastener disposed on the face frame; and a fan mounted to the shell and configured to circulate air about the user. The hood may include a first material defining an opening. The shield may be formed from flexible material and disposed within the opening of the hood. The shield may further include a tab extending from a top portion of the shield and define an opening configured to receive the static tab of the helmet to align the shield to the helmet. The first fastener disposed on the face frame may be configured to facilitate removable attachment of the shield to the helmet.

A lighting apparatus for use as a surgical headlamp is disclosed. A light emitting diode is positioned in a recess within a frustoconical, thermally-conductive heat sink that has a several circumferential ridges to provide a desired surface area for heat transfer. The diode and the heat sink are provided in a housing that also includes a fan for drawing ambient air into the housing to contact the heat sink and exhausting heated air. A lens is snap-fit into a slide that frictionally engages the interior of the housing, allowing a user to adjust the spacing between the light emitting diode and the lens as desired. Personal cooling apparatuses usable with the lighting apparatus are also described. Auxiliary undergown switches are also described as are personal cooling apparatuses.

A garment system includes: a garment that is worn by a user; a blower unit that blows air toward the garment; and a control device that controls the blower unit, wherein the garment is divided into a plurality of sections respectively corresponding to a plurality of parts of a body of the user, and includes an inner layer positioned on a side of the user and an outer layer positioned on a side opposite to the user when viewed from the inner layer, the blower unit blows air between the inner layer and the outer layer of each of the plurality of sections, and the control device controls air blowing performed by the blower unit for each of the sections.

This invention refers to a costume apparatus for enabling a user to perform or engage in role-play activities. The costume apparatus may be worn on a user's body, and comprises a character head suitable for covering a head of an individual or user (e.g., having a chicken head appearance); a body pod (e.g., having a chicken skin and chicken body appearance and, optionally, a tail portion); a glove (which can also be a portion of a bodysuit suitable for covering an arm of an individual or user (e.g., having a chicken wing skin appearance); a leg covering (such as leggings or a bodysuit) suitable for covering legs of an individual or user (e.g., having a chicken leg appearance, optionally comprising fishnet stockings or the appearance of fishnet stockings); a removable body pod cover (e.g., having a chicken feather appearance, such as manufactured from artificial fur material); or a glove cover (e.g., having a feathered chicken wing appearance, such as manufactured from an artificial fur material).

A wearable cooling device that is designed to rapidly restore and/or maintain a user's thermal comfort is provided. The disclosed wearable cooling device is versatile and may be affixed to or in contact with (or close proximity to) a variety of locations on a user's body, e.g., wrist, neck and ankle, among others. The wearable cooling device utilizes a forced air device, e.g., a fan, that blows air onto a wetted piece of media, e.g., fabric, which is in direct contact with a high thermally conductive element, e.g., copper or aluminum. The high thermally conductive element may be in contact with a user's skin or with a user's outer clothing. The wetted media is situated between the forced air device and the high thermally conductive element. When the forced air device is activated, the exhaust air passes onto and around the wetted media, which in turn cools the high thermally conductive element. As a result, the high thermally conductive element cools down the user.

A wearable heater and/or cooler device can include one or more fluid pumps, one or more conduits, and one or more chambers. The fluid pumps can be configured for generating flow of a fluid and comprise inlets and outlets. The conduits have first end portions and second end portions, and the first end portions of the conduits can be coupled to the outlets of the fluid pumps. The chambers can be coupled to second end portions of the conduits such that the fluid flows from the fluid pumps, through the conduits, and into the chambers. The chambers can be configured to enhance the desired thermal transport characteristics of the fluid for thermal transfer adjacent to a wearer's body.

A personal cooling device for providing a cooling air stream is described herein. In one example, the personal cooling device includes an electric fan disposed in a housing, a stay-in-place extended wing member coupled to the housing at a first end, and a fastening mechanism coupled to a second end of the wing member. The fastening mechanism is configured to removably couple the housing to an object, such as a helmet, garment or other object.

A protection device (1) shaped like a helmet, apt to be worn on by a health operator during surgery, comprising: a main body (2) shaped as a helmet shielding the operator's head, which main body (2) is worn on jointly to a lens (200); andmeans (3) for forced circulation of air in an internal environment (20) accommodating the operator's head and defined by said main body (2) and by the associated vision element (200), which forced circulation means (3) comprises air inletting means (31) and air suction means (32), the latter apt to cause an evacuation of exhausted air from the environment (20) accommodating the subject's head.