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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sridhar Lakshmanan, Belleville, MI (US);
Michael William Putty, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A heating and/or cooling device for contact with a human body is provided having a power source outputting electrical energy, a temperature controller operably coupled to the power source configured to maintain a predetermined temperature parameter, and at least one heating and/or cooling module operably coupled to the temperature controller for selectively receiving the electrical energy and being responsive thereto to heat and/or cool the human body. The at least one heating and/or cooling module having a pair of electrodes spaced apart by a thermoelectric powder and an insulator at least partially surrounding the thermoelectric powder.