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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2006
Keith Patrick Heaton, Parkstone Poole, GB;
Christopher Guy Coward, Northmoor Park Wareham, GB;
Mark Stephen James Beard, West Moors Ferndown, GB;
Peter Charles Stacy, Ferndown, GB;
David George Whyte, Wareham, GB;
Keith Patrick Heaton, Parkstone Poole, GB;
Christopher Guy Coward, Northmoor Park Wareham, GB;
Mark Stephen James Beard, West Moors Ferndown, GB;
Peter Charles Stacy, Ferndown, GB;
David George Whyte, Wareham, GB;
KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to provide thermal control to a patient comprises a neck member having a surface defining at least one opening, the surface configured to be spaced apart from a neck area of the patient. The neck member includes an air inlet to receive cooled air from an air source. The at least one opening is in fluid communication with the air inlet to direct cooled air from the air source and toward the neck area of the patient to provide the thermal control to the patient.