Physiologically based warming gloves
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Abstract
A thermodynamically efficient garment for cooling and/or heating a human body. The thermodynamic efficiency is provided in part by targeting the heat exchange capabilities of the garment to specific areas and/or structures of the human body. The heat exchange garment includes heat exchange zones and one or more non-heat exchange zones, where the heat exchange zones are configured to correspond to one or more high density tissue areas of the human body when the garment is worn. A system including the garment can be used to exchange heat with the adjacent HD tissue areas under the control of a feedback control system. Sensed physiological parameters received by the feedback control system can be used to adjust the characteristics of heat exchange fluid moving within the heat exchange garment.
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71 Claims
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45. A heat exchange glove, comprising:
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a support material defined to conform to at least a portion of a hand of a human; and
one or more heat exchange elements arranged to follow anatomy of one or more blood vessel paths in the hand, wherein each of at least two portions of the one or more heat exchange elements follows a different blood vessel path of the hand and are separated from each other by portions of the support material. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A heat exchange glove, comprising:
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a support material defined to conform to at least a portion of a hand of a human; and
one or more heat exchange elements located only in regions of the support material that are adjacent blood vessel paths in at least one of a wrist, a mid-area of the hand, and a proximal portion of at least one phalange when the glove is worn on the hand. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A heat exchange glove, comprising:
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a support material defined to conform to at least a portion of a hand of a human; and
one or more heat exchange elements located in regions of the support material that are adjacent blood vessel paths along at least portions of the sides of one or more fingers when the glove is worn on the hand. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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