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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2019
Ii-vi Delaware, Inc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Joshua Edward Moczygemba, Winona, TX (US);
II-VI DELAWARE, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides an apparatus for a thermoelectric (TE) contrast therapy device and related methods. The thermoelectric contrast therapy device includes a control node () and a plurality of thermoelectric nodes (). The control node electrically and mechanically connected to the plurality of thermoelectric nodes, the control node configured to direct the heating and cooling functions as well as timing functions. Each of thermoelectric nodes includes a thermoelectric module () structured with a supply side () and a waste side (), a phase change material (), a reservoir (), a thermal sink (), a spreader () and a controller (). The thermoelectric contrast therapy device pre-charges () the PCM contained in the reservoir; provides () opposite heating and cooling functions using the supply side and the waste side of the thermoelectric module; and directs, using the controller, the heating and cooling functions as well as timing functions.