US 11,896,521 B2
Devices, methods and uses for removing heat, energy and fluids from a mammal
Brian Lipford, Baltimore, MD (US); Tandri Harikrishna, Ellicott City, MD (US); Ben Lane, Hydes, MD (US); and Aaron Pearl, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to CoolTech, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed by CoolTech, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/927,647.
Application 16/927,647 is a continuation of application No. 14/578,094, filed on Dec. 19, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/090,816, filed on Dec. 11, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/089,370, filed on Dec. 9, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/052,187, filed on Sep. 18, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/970,034, filed on Mar. 25, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/948,248, filed on Mar. 5, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/935,521, filed on Feb. 4, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/918,259, filed on Dec. 19, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128347 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61K 33/00 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 7/12 (2013.01) [A61K 33/00 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00488 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2007/006 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0068 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable device for inducing evaporation of a fluid from a bodily fluid-containing space in a mammal, the device comprising, in an integrated unit:
an air inlet,
an inlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both;
a desiccant chamber configured to receive a removable and replaceable desiccant element;
an air outlet configured to connect to an air delivery tube;
a blower configured to draw a first flow of ambient air into the device via the air inlet and force said first flow of ambient air in a first flowpath across said desiccant chamber and out said air outlet;
a heat exchanger located in said first flowpath downstream of said desiccant chamber, said heat exchanger comprising a fan configured to draw a second flow of ambient air into a heat exchanger cooling air inlet to accept heat from said first flow of ambient air without contacting said first flow of ambient air and exit said device via a heat exchanger cooling air outlet;
an atomizer or nebulizer configured to administer water to said bodily-fluid containing space, and
an outlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both;
said air inlet, blower, desiccant chamber, and air outlet arranged in series along an air flow path.