Heat transfer devices for the scalp
US4382446A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 1980 |
| Grant date | May 10, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2007/0276
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Improvements in heat exchanging head pieces for cooling or heating the entire hair bearing (scalp) area of the human head; improvements in a blank form for such product and purposes for filling with heat exchanging materials; a heat exchanging head piece for cancer chemotherapy patients to cool the scalp to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy injections; devices and processes for heat exchanging the human scalp including variable headband constriction and limitedly variable whole upper skull compression for full, holiday free cooling or heating.
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