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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Vivonics, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Ian Cohen, Boulder, CO (US);
Gordon B. Hirschman, Cohoes, NY (US);
Anna M Galea, Stow, MA (US);
Hsiang-Wei Ma, Allston, MA (US);
Metin Yavuz, Grapevine, TX (US);
Linda Adams, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Ali Ersen, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Vivonics, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for measuring and controlling foot temperature. The system comprises a heating or cooling device including one or more sealed fluidic pathways having a cooling or heating fluid therein and disposed in or on an article of footwear or a sock. A pumping device coupled to the heating or cooling device is configured to circulate the fluid in the one or more sealed fluidic pathways. A heat exchanger coupled to the heating or cooling device is configured to remove or add heat from or to the fluid in the one or more sealed fluidic pathways. A controller coupled to the pumping device and the heat exchanger is configured to control the pumping device and the heat exchanger to cool or heat a foot located inside the article of footwear or the sock.