Cool vest

Abstract

A method and apparatus for adjusting the body temperature of a patient comprises a vest receiving at least a portion of the body and head. The vest comprises a frontal opening with adjustable Velcro adhesive for accommodating different patients and two openings for the arms with rubber-tubing coiled between two layers of fabric, one being thermal insulated. The rubber-tubing from the vest will be connected to a pump then connected to a copper-tubing coil inside a cooler to form a closed circuit loop between the rubber-tubing, copper-tubing coil and pump. Water or other liquids will be circulated via pump into vest from copper-tubing coil inside a cooler filled with ice. The vest, pump and copper coil will be portable and there will be two union connectors, two tee connectors, and a manual diverter to enable unit to also be powered via a stationary cooling motor if so desired.

1 . A method and apparatus for adjusting the body temperature of a patient providing a liquid cooled garment for the head and body comprising;
 (a) a head and body vest with at least one power source; and   (b) has water or other liquid circulated through a rubber-tube coil inserted internally between the thermal insulated cloth and cotton cloth layers of said vest; and   (c) has one end of said rubber-tubing coil from said vest connected to the inlet side of said pump and the other end of said rubber-tube coil from said vest connected to outlet of copper-tubing coil with said copper-tubing coil inserted in an ice filled cooler outside of said vest; and   (d) has at least one pump connected to the inlet side of said copper-tubing coil via rubber tube; and   (e) has at least two union connectors, two tee connectors, and one manual diverter between said pump and said vest; and   (f) has at least one clamp for each connection between the rubber-tubing and copper-tubing coil and between rubber-tubing and pump; and   (g) is closed circuit between said rubber-tubing coil, said copper-tubing coil and said pump; and   (h) has a frontal opening for the body, face and two openings for the arms on said vest; and   (i) said vest will be fastened by adjustable Velcro adhesive strips to accommodate various sized humans.   
     
     
         2 . The vest of  claim 1 , wherein said pump has an inlet and outlet that's connected to said rubber-tubing via clamps to circulate cooled water or other liquids in a closed circuit loop in said vest and said copper-tubing. 
     
     
         3 . The vest of  claim 2 , wherein water or other liquids will be cooled via ice in said cooler and circulated through said vest and said copper-tubing via said pump. 
     
     
         4 . The vest of  claim 3 , wherein said pump may be powered via DC, AC or solar power. 
     
     
         5 . The vest of  claim 4 , wherein said pump will be connected to said rubber-tube coil of said vest via said clamps on the inlet side of said pump and said rubber tube to the outlet side of said pump that's connected to the inlet side of said copper-tubing coil. 
     
     
         6 . The vest of  claim 5 , wherein inlet side of said copper-tubing coil will be connected to said pump via said rubber tube and said clamps and on the outlet side of said copper-tubing coil will be connected to the said rubber-tubing coil with a clamp to complete said closed circuit loop. 
     
     
         7 . The vest of  claim 6 , wherein said pump and said copper-tubing coil will be connected to said vest externally. 
     
     
         8 . The vest of  claim 7 , wherein said vest, said copper-tubing coil submersed in an ice filled cooler and said pump will be portable. 
     
     
         9 . The vest of  claim 8 , wherein said rubber-tubing between said vest and said pump will have at least two said union connectors, two tee connectors, and one said manual diverter to enable connection to a stationary cooling motor if so desired. 
     
     
         10 . The vest of  claim 1 , wherein said Velcro adhesive will be adjustable to accommodate different sized humans.