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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Amir Faghri, Dayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Wright State University, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; F28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607104 ; 1651044 ; 165 76 ; 165 46 ; 622593 ; 607108 ;
Abstract
A temperature regulation system for the human body is provided which uses heat pipes to distribute energy to and from portions of a body to provide heating or cooling by redistributing body heat. The heat pipes are incorporated into a garment, a blanket and a pad which may be used for medical treatment or activities or for activities in environments having extreme temperatures. Supplemental means for heating and cooling are included to improve heating or cooling to a body, and to provide heating or cooling to limited areas of a body.