This cooling apparatus includes a tube (10) having an opening portion (10a) in one end portion in a longitudinal direction thereof, a cap (30) capable of opening/closing the opening portion (10a), a non-freezing drinkable coolant (20) that fills the tube (10), and a container (50) that contains the tube (10) filled with the coolant (20). The tube has a constricted portion (10d) having a reduced inner diameter.

Devices and systems for providing cooling and compression to a site needing hemostasis can include a compression member having a component that can be inflated with one or more fluids, including a coolant solution. Cooling can be initiated and maintained by securing such a device to the site and optionally equipping the device with the coolant solution. A system can include materials for equipping the device with a coolant solution.

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 method of using an ice therapy machine involves replacing water with windshield washer fluid containing ethanol or ethylene glycol, and placing the main unit of the ice therapy machine, including the ice chest and pump, in a freezer to prevent the ice in the ice chest from melting. The freezer has been modified to include openings for passage of the fluid-circulating tubes of the ice therapy machine, and an opening for the power cord of the ice therapy machine, which supplies power to the pump. Alternatively, the door of the freezer may be replaced by an insulated panel having openings for the coolant circulating tubes and power cord. An on/off switch may be installed in the power cord so that the pump can be turned on and off without having to open the freezer door.

Packs for providing heat or cold to a body part or parts. In some embodiments, packs comprising an outer flexible shell or skin housing or carrying a plurality of beads mixed in combination with a liquid or gel. In some embodiments, packs, which can be (or are) configured into various shapes, which contain heads in combination with a liquid or gel solution, which can be heated or cooled for application, thereafter, to a body part for providing hot or cold therapy to the body part.

Improvements in the cold pack with a sustained temperature of between 17-40 degrees Fahrenheit for over 2 hours and as long as 9 hours. The aloe and polyacrylamide cold pack can be configured so it does not continually condense or drip water for over 2 hours when using the ingredients of Ammonium C12-C15, Pareth Sulfate Ammonium C12-C15, Pareth Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Poloxamer 124 DMDM Hydantoin Pent sodium Pentatate, Sodium Bisulfite. The main ingredients in regulating the ice pack temperature, longevity and hardness is the aloe, H2O and polyacrylamide ratio.

A heat pack using supercooled aqueous salt solution that resists premature activation at low temperatures is disclosed. The heat pack comprises two sheets that are bonded together to form a laminated sheet. The heat pack has a first and second compartment. A frangible seal separates the two compartments. One of the compartments contains a supercooled aqueous salt solution. The salt solution contains 15 to 25 percent glycerin by mass.

A heat transfer system that may be used to absorb heat from a human user. A wearable vest is provided. The innermost surface of the vest is covered in hook-compatible material. One or more thermal transfer packs are configured to be attached to the vest. One or more hook panels on each thermal transfer pack is used to stick the thermal transfer pack directly to the innermost surface of the vest.

A reusable cooling pack for a cast that includes a body with a sidewall of a substantially rigid material, of a slender configuration, with an upper end, with a lower end having a cap selectively removably coupled to the lower end, a body length separating the upper and lower ends, defining an internal channel enclosed by the sidewall and spanning longitudinally from the lower end of the body and along the body length, and with a handle member coupled to the body and extending outwardly from the upper end, wherein the internal channel encapsulated the body and the cap and configured to receive a temperature-modulating solution therein for cooling the user when inserted inside a user's cast.

A cooling compression sleeve device generally including 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 including 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.