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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2005
Scott J. Montain, Holliston, MA (US);
Tammy J. Doherty, Berghein, TX (US);
Samuel N. Cheuvront, Natick, MA (US);
Margaret A. Kolka, Uxbridge, MA (US);
Lou Ann Stephenson, Uxbridge, MA (US);
Bruce S. Cadarette, Burlington, MA (US);
Robert Carter, Framingham, MA (US);
Michael N. Sawka, Franklin, MA (US);
Scott J. Montain, Holliston, MA (US);
Tammy J. Doherty, Berghein, TX (US);
Samuel N. Cheuvront, Natick, MA (US);
Margaret A. Kolka, Uxbridge, MA (US);
Lou Ann Stephenson, Uxbridge, MA (US);
Bruce S. Cadarette, Burlington, MA (US);
Robert Carter, Framingham, MA (US);
Michael N. Sawka, Franklin, MA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for cooling a human being utilizes skin temperature feedback to control the amount of cooling. When the measured skin temperature reaches a preset high temperature, the human being is cooled until the measured skin temperature reaches a preset low temperature, and then cooling of the human being stops. In one embodiment, the preset high temperature is about 35 degrees Centigrade and the preset low temperature is about 33 degrees Centigrade. Cooling of the human being resumes whenever the preset high temperature is reached and pauses whenever the preset low temperature is reached to thereby provide intermittent cooling to the human being. The invention is also applicable to heating a human being.