US 11,883,086 B2
Method of safely using controlled cooling systems and devices
Gun-Ho Kim, Ulsan (KR); Jae Bum Cho, Seoul (KR); Dae Hyun Kim, Hwaseong (KR); and Chul Ho Lee, Yongin (KR)
Assigned to Recensmedical, Inc.; Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan (KR)
Filed by RECENSMEDICAL, INC., Ulsan (KR); and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan (KR)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/667,168.
Application 17/667,168 is a continuation of application No. 17/373,237, filed on Jul. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,278,341.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0087100 (KR), filed on Jul. 14, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0130588 (KR), filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0160414 A1, May 26, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/0218 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00315 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00714 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00898 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00922 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00952 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0231 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method of controlling temperature of a handheld cooling device to safely cool a target surface, the method comprising:
i) providing the handheld cooling device, wherein the handheld cooling device comprises a cooling medium;
ii) cooling the cooling medium to reach a standby temperature; and
iii) cooling the cooling medium to a target temperature when a) a contact with a target surface is detected within a standby contact time, b) an actuation is detected within a standby trigger time, or both, wherein the target temperature is lower than the standby temperature.