Cooling devices with flexible sensors
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1. A device for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells of a subject having skin, comprising:
- a heat exchanging member having a heat transfer surface configured to form a heat conducting interface with the subject'"'"'s skin to remove heat from the lipid-rich cells such that the lipid-rich cells are substantially affected while non-lipid-rich cells in the epidermis are not substantially affected; and
a substantially flexible sensing device disposed in the interface between the heat exchanging member and the subject'"'"'s skin, wherein the sensing device is configured to sense a parameter at the interface.
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Abstract
A device for exchanging heat with a subject having skin is provided. The device includes a heat exchanging member having a heat transfer surface configured to form a heat conducting interface with the subject'"'"'s skin. The device further includes a substantially flexible sensing device disposed in the interface between the heat exchanging member and the subject'"'"'s skin. The sensing device is configured to measure a parameter of the interface without substantially impeding heat transfer between the heat exchanging member and the subject'"'"'s skin.
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30 Claims
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1. A device for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells of a subject having skin, comprising:
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a heat exchanging member having a heat transfer surface configured to form a heat conducting interface with the subject'"'"'s skin to remove heat from the lipid-rich cells such that the lipid-rich cells are substantially affected while non-lipid-rich cells in the epidermis are not substantially affected; and a substantially flexible sensing device disposed in the interface between the heat exchanging member and the subject'"'"'s skin, wherein the sensing device is configured to sense a parameter at the interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A sensing device for measuring parameters of a heat transfer interface between a subject having skin and a cooling device, comprising:
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a substantially flexible substrate positioned in the heat transfer interface between the subject'"'"'s skin and the cooling device, the substrate having a surface facing the cooling device; and a sensor disposed on the surface of the substrate, the sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heat transfer interface without substantially impeding heat transfer between the cooling device and the subject'"'"'s skin. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of applying a cooling device configured for removing heat from a subject having skin, comprising:
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disposing a sensing device proximate to the cooling device, the sensing device being substantially flexible and at least partially conforming to the cooling device; positioning the cooling device and the sensing device proximate to the subject'"'"'s skin, wherein the cooling device and the subject'"'"'s skin form a heat transfer interface, in which the sensing device is positioned; measuring a parameter of the heat transfer interface using the sensing device; and removing heat from a region of the subject'"'"'s skin under the epidermis such that lipid-rich cells are substantially affected while non-lipid-rich cells in the epidermis are not substantially affected. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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