Abstract

A device and a method for cooling living tissues for a medical purpose and other purposes are proposed. The device may include a container configured to accommodate a cooling medium, the container including a plurality of divided members each having a contact surface which is thermally coupled with the cooling medium. The device may also include a cooling generator configured to provide cooling energy to the container, and disposed on another surface of the divided member other than the contact surface. The device may further include a lubricating member provided to the contact surface of the divided member, wherein the container is configured to be thermally coupled with the cooling medium via the lubricating member.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/12 - Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61B 18/20 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
• A61M 5/42 - Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular wayAccessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced

Abstract

Disclosed is a coolant spray device for spraying a coolant. In particular, the coolant spray device may comprise: a cartridge that provides the coolant; a nozzle that is fluidically connected to the cartridge and sprays the coolant, provided from the cartridge, onto the target region; a heater that is interposed between the cartridge and the nozzle and heats the coolant being conveyed from the cartridge to the nozzle; and a valve that is interposed between the cartridge and the nozzle and allows the coolant, discharged from the cartridge, to be conveyed to the nozzle, wherein the heater may be disposed between the valve and the cartridge so that the coolant arrives at the valve after being heated.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

Abstract

Proposed is a local cooling anesthesia device for spraying a coolant on a treatment site. The local cooling anesthesia device includes a housing which forms an outward form and from which the coolant is sprayed and a spraying unit installed in the housing to spray the coolant. The device also includes a cooling temperature regulator connected to the spraying unit to apply thermal energy to the sprayed coolant for temperature regulation and a control unit connected to the cooling temperature regulator to control the cooling temperature regulator. The cooling anesthesia device has functions of measuring and regulating the temperature of the coolant, and thus can apply the coolant to the treatment site within a safe temperature range according to the purpose of treatment, thereby enabling a desired treatment purpose such as local anesthesia to be safely and rapidly accomplished without side effects such as cytoclasis.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cooling rate control method for controlling a coolant spray device configured to spray a coolant to a target area may be provided. The cooling rate control method is a method for controlling thermal energy applied to the sprayed coolant, thereby controlling, in stages, the time taken for the surface temperature of the target area to reach a target cooling temperature, and may be designed using multiple control methods that apply thermal energy to the coolant in different patterns.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method comprising a step of predicting the temperature at a target depth by using a laser output value and a detected surface temperature from a subcutaneous temperature monitoring start time point, wherein the subcutaneous temperature monitoring start time point is a time point at or after reaching a stable state in which the temperature at the target depth converges to an arbitrary value after passing through an interval in which the temperature rapidly increases, and the step of predicting the temperature at the target depth is predicting the temperature at the target depth by using a database indicating the correlation between the surface temperature, the laser output value, and the subcutaneous temperature.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 18/20 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
• A61N 5/067 - Radiation therapy using light using laser light
• A61N 5/06 - Radiation therapy using light
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

Abstract

Proposed is a filter module including a filter that filters impurities out in the coolant emitted from a cartridge which includes a housing and a cap. The filter module may include not only a filter accommodation member including a support surface and a perforating member protruding from the support surface but also a first sealing member with a first external diameter including a through-hole fitted into the perforating member. The first sealing member may be transformed into a shape with a second external diameter—the second external diameter is smaller than the first external diameter—corresponding to the width of an inlet of the housing in which the first sealing member accommodates a cap when the cap is perforated by the perforating member.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61N 5/06 - Radiation therapy using light
• B01D 35/02 - Filters adapted for location in special places, e.g. pipe-lines, pumps, stop-cocks
• B01D 35/30 - Filter housing constructions
• B05B 15/40 - Filters located upstream of the spraying outlets

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for spraying a composition and a coolant after micro-hole formation and a device therefor and, more particularly, to a method for mixing and spraying after needling, in which micro-scale holes are formed on the surface of the skin so that a composition effectively permeates the skin, and then the composition and a coolant are sprayed together. The present invention also describes a needling device, a coolant spraying device, and a composition providing device, for performing the method for mixing and spraying after needling.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61M 11/02 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes operated by air pressure applied to the liquid to be sprayed or atomised
• A61M 35/00 - Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A45D 34/04 - Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a frozen composition and to a device therefor and, more specifically, to a method for spraying a composition in a frozen state to a target area and to a device therefor. A liquid composition is sprayed together with a coolant, and the composition can reach the target area by being frozen into a solid state by means of the coolant having a relatively low temperature. A solid composition has improved penetration into the skin compared to a liquid composition.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61M 11/02 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes operated by air pressure applied to the liquid to be sprayed or atomised
• A61M 35/00 - Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A45D 34/04 - Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball

Abstract

Proposed is a hand-held cooling device for supplying a cryogen to a target region for cryotherapy. The device can include a cryogen container configured to contain a first cryogen having a first temperature and a nozzle configured to spray a first modified cryogen to the target region, the first modified cryogen having a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The device can also include a cryogen temperature regulator configured to receive the first cryogen and output the first modified cryogen to the nozzle, the cryogen temperature regulator disposed closer to the nozzle than the cryogen container. The cryogen temperature regulator can include a holder tube, a porous structure disposed inside a holder tube and a heater disposed around the holder tube and heating the holder tube so as to increase the first temperature to the second temperature while the first cryogen passes through the porous structure.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia

Abstract

A medical cooling device is proposed. The cooling device may include a cooling medium configured to cool a target region through thermal contact with the target region, and a cooling generator configured to supply cooling energy to the cooling medium. The cooling device may also include a cooling medium accommodating unit that has one surface to which the cooling generator is attached and that is configured to thermally connect the cooling medium to the cooling generator. A center-of-cooling-power region may be disposed in a region where the cooling medium. The cooling medium accommodating unit may overlap and have a center of cooling power which is a center with respect to thermal conductivity of the center-of-cooling-power region. A distance from a front end of the cooling medium to the center of cooling power may be less than or equal to 30 mm.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes

Abstract

A cooling apparatus and a cooling method are proposed. The cooling device may spray a coolant received from a coolant reservoir toward a target region to cool the target region. The cooling device may include a spraying unit from which the coolant is sprayed, a valve configured to regulate a flow of the coolant, and a control unit configured to control opening and closing of the valve. When cooling starts. the control unit may control a first cooling mode in which a temperature of the target region is decreased and a second cooling mode in which the temperature of the target region is maintained in a predetermined temperature range to be sequentially performed.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia

Abstract

A multi-function module is proposed. The module may be coupled to a refrigerant supply device so as to mix a composition with a refrigerant supplied from the refrigerant supply device and spray the same to the outside. The module may include a mixer configured to provide a mixing space for the refrigerant and the composition, and a combiner to be coupled to the refrigerant supply device. The module may further include a sprayer configured to spray the refrigerant into the mixing space, and an inlet configured to provide a flow path of the composition to the mixing space. The refrigerant sprayed through an outlet hole may form negative pressure at a second end of the inlet so that the composition moves to the flow path through a first end of the inlet and flows into the mixing space through the second end of the inlet.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61M 35/00 - Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 11/02 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes operated by air pressure applied to the liquid to be sprayed or atomised

Abstract

Present disclosure provides a cooling device with safety features and methods for controlling temperature of the cooling device for safe cooling of target surface.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques

Abstract

Proposed is a filter module including a filter that filters impurities out in the coolant emitted from a cartridge which includes a housing and a cap. The filter module may include not only a filter accommodation member including a support surface and a perforating member protruding from the support surface but also a first sealing member with a first external diameter including a through-hole fitted into the perforating member. The first sealing member may be transformed into a shape with a second external diameter—the second external diameter is smaller than the first external diameter—corresponding to the width of an inlet of the housing in which the first sealing member accommodates a cap when the cap is perforated by the perforating member.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• B01D 35/02 - Filters adapted for location in special places, e.g. pipe-lines, pumps, stop-cocks
• B01D 35/30 - Filter housing constructions
• B05B 15/40 - Filters located upstream of the spraying outlets
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
• A61N 5/06 - Radiation therapy using light

Abstract

Proposed is a laser treatment device having a cooling system, the device including a laser module which irradiates a patient's skin with a laser, a sensing unit which detects a temperature of a surface of the patient's skin before, during, or after the skin is heated by the laser, a cooling module which includes an inlet which receives a refrigerant from a refrigerant storage unit, a nozzle which sprays the refrigerant on the skin, a conduit which connects the inlet with the nozzle, an flow rate control unit which controls a spray amount of the refrigerant by using a valve which is positioned on the conduit and connects or disconnects the inlet with or from the nozzle, and a refrigerant condition control unit which applies a thermal energy to the refrigerant by using a thermoelectric element located between the flow rate control unit and the nozzle.

IPC Classes  ?

• B05B 7/24 - Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present specification, a cooling apparatus may be provided, the cooling apparatus comprising: a coolant inlet which is supplied with a coolant; a nozzle which sprays the coolant; a valve located between the coolant inlet and the nozzle; a trigger module which generates a trigger signal when a trigger input is received; and a control unit which controls the valve. The control unit operates in a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the control unit opens the valve on the basis of a first trigger input and keeps the valve open until a second trigger input is received, even if the first trigger input is removed. In the second mode, the control unit opens the valve when a third trigger input is received and closes the valve when the third trigger input is removed.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

Abstract

Provided is a module for mixing a coolant and a composition and spraying same, wherein a coolant spray unit is placed and an inlet hole is formed in a mixing space within the module, and when the coolant is sprayed, negative pressure is formed in the inlet hole and the composition is introduced, thereby allowing the coolant and the composition to be mixed and sprayed. When the coolant and the composition are mixed and sprayed, various issues may occur, and to solve these issues, a guide member having a specific shape may be placed in the mixing space.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61M 11/02 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes operated by air pressure applied to the liquid to be sprayed or atomised
• A61M 35/00 - Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A45D 34/04 - Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball

Abstract

Proposed is a filter fixing module mounted to a handpiece cooling device having a connecting unit such that a refrigerant supply unit is coupled thereto, the filter fixing module including a body having a support surface formed in a plate shape, and a receiving surface formed on an edge of the support surface and protruding in a first direction relative to the support surface so as to prevent removal of a filter received in the support surface, and a grip unit connected to the body, wherein the grip unit comprises a first grip member and a second grip member extending in directions opposite to the protruding direction of the receiving surface relative to the body.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques

Abstract

A device and a method for cooling living tissues for a medical purpose and other purposes are proposed. The device may include a container configured to accommodate a cooling medium, the container including a plurality of divided members each having a contact surface which is thermally coupled with the cooling medium. The device may also include a cooling generator configured to provide cooling energy to the container, and disposed on another surface of the divided member other than the contact surface. The device may further include a lubricating member provided to the contact surface of the divided member, wherein the container is configured to be thermally coupled with the cooling medium via the lubricating member.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/12 - Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61B 18/20 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
• A61M 5/42 - Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular wayAccessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced

Abstract

Proposed is a laser treatment device having a cooling system, the device including a laser module which irradiates a patient's skin with a laser, a sensing unit which detects a temperature of a surface of the patient's skin before, during, or after the skin is heated by the laser, a cooling module which includes an inlet which receives a refrigerant from a refrigerant storage unit, a nozzle which sprays the refrigerant on the skin, a conduit which connects the inlet with the nozzle, an flow rate control unit which controls a spray amount of the refrigerant by using a valve which is positioned on the conduit and connects or disconnects the inlet with or from the nozzle, and a refrigerant condition control unit which applies a thermal energy to the refrigerant by using a thermoelectric element located between the flow rate control unit and the nozzle.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25B 13/00 - Compression machines, plants or systems, with reversible cycle
• F25B 49/02 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for compression type machines, plants or systems

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present specification, provided is a multi-function module, which is coupled to a coolant supply device so as to mix a composition with a coolant supplied from the coolant supply device and spray same to the outside, the module comprising: a mixing part for providing a mixing space for the coolant and the composition; a coupling part to be coupled to the coolant supply device; a spray part for spraying the coolant into the mixing space; and an inflow part for providing a flow path, for the composition, to the mixing space, wherein the coolant sprayed through a spray hole forms negative pressure at the other end of the inflow part so that the composition moves to the flow path through one end of the inflow part and flows into the mixing space through the other end of the inflow part.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61M 11/00 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61M 35/00 - Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• B05B 12/12 - Arrangements for controlling deliveryArrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material discharged, of ambient medium or of target responsive to conditions of ambient medium or target, e.g. humidity, temperature
• A45D 34/04 - Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball

Abstract

Proposed is a filter fixing module mounted to a handpiece cooling device having a connecting unit such that a refrigerant supply unit is coupled thereto, the filter fixing module including a body having a support surface formed in a plate shape, and a receiving surface formed on an edge of the support surface and protruding in a first direction relative to the support surface so as to prevent removal of a filter received in the support surface, and a grip unit connected to the body, wherein the grip unit comprises a first grip member and a second grip member extending in directions opposite to the protruding direction of the receiving surface relative to the body.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present specification, provided is a filter module accommodating a filter for filtering out impurities from a coolant emitted from a cartridge including a housing and a cap, the filter module comprising: a filter accommodation member including a support surface, and a piercing member protruding from the support surface; and a first sealing member including a through-hole fitted to the piercing member, and having a first outer diameter, wherein, when the cap is pierced by means of the piercing member, the first sealing member is changed to a shape having a second outer diameter corresponding to the width of an inlet of the housing accommodating the cap, the second outer diameter being smaller than the first outer diameter.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01D 35/14 - Safety devices specially adapted for filtrationDevices for indicating clogging
• B01D 35/02 - Filters adapted for location in special places, e.g. pipe-lines, pumps, stop-cocks
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods of treating skin disorders or relieving dermatological symptoms using precision cooling technology.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques

Abstract

This application relates to an apparatus for generating refrigeration. The apparatus may include a cooling collector configured to collect cooling energy at a predetermined cooling collection temperature. The apparatus may also include a cooler thermally coupled to the cooling collector so as to cool the cooling collector. The apparatus may further include a refrigeration gate configured to block and release the collected cooling energy. The refrigeration gate may refrigerate a target region by releasing the collected cooling energy.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25B 49/02 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for compression type machines, plants or systems
• F25B 5/02 - Compression machines, plants or systems, with several evaporator circuits, e.g. for varying refrigerating capacity arranged in parallel
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F24F 5/00 - Air-conditioning systems or apparatus not covered by group or

Abstract

Disclosed is a local cooling anesthesia device for spraying a coolant on a treatment site. The local cooling anesthesia device includes a housing which forms an outward form and from which the coolant is sprayed and a spraying unit installed in the housing to spray the coolant. The device also includes a cooling temperature regulator connected to the spraying unit to apply thermal energy to the sprayed coolant for temperature regulation and a control unit connected to the cooling temperature regulator to control the cooling temperature regulator. The cooling anesthesia device has functions of measuring and regulating the temperature of the coolant, and thus can apply the coolant to the treatment site within a safe temperature range according to the purpose of treatment, thereby enabling a desired treatment purpose such as local anesthesia to be safely and rapidly accomplished without side effects such as cytostasis.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided may be a filter fixing module that is mounted on a handpiece cooling device having a coupling part so that a coolant supply part is coupled thereto, the filter fixing module comprising: a body having a support surface formed in a plate shape and a receiving surface formed on an edge of the support surface and protruding in a first direction with respect to the support surface so as to prevent separation of a filter received in the support surface; and a grip part connected to the body, wherein the grip part includes a first grip member and a second grip member extending in a direction opposite to the direction in which the receiving surface protrudes with respect to the body.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• F25D 3/10 - Devices using other cold materialsDevices using cold-storage bodies using liquefied gases, e.g. liquid air
• F25D 15/00 - Devices associated with refrigerating machinery not covered by group or , e.g. non-self-contained movable devices
• F16L 53/70 - Cooling of pipes or pipe systems
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

Abstract

Present disclosure provides a cooling device with safety features and methods for controlling temperature of the cooling device for safe cooling of target surface.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

Abstract

Present disclosure provides a cooling device with safety features and methods for controlling temperature of the cooling device for safe cooling of target surface.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• F16L 53/70 - Cooling of pipes or pipe systems
• F25D 3/10 - Devices using other cold materialsDevices using cold-storage bodies using liquefied gases, e.g. liquid air
• F25D 15/00 - Devices associated with refrigerating machinery not covered by group or , e.g. non-self-contained movable devices
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

Abstract

A laser surgical device equipped with a cooling system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a laser module for irradiating a patient's skin with laser beams; a sensor for detecting the temperature of the surface of the patient's skin before, during, or after the skin is heated by the laser beams; an inlet for receiving a coolant from a coolant storage part; a nozzle for spraying the coolant onto the skin; a conduit connecting the inlet and the nozzle; a flow rate regulator for controlling the spray amount of the coolant by using a valve which is positioned on the conduit and connects or disconnects the inlet and the nozzle; and a coolant condition regulator for applying thermal energy to the coolant by using a thermoelectric element positioned between the flow rate regulator and the nozzle.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 18/20 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
• A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
• A61B 5/01 - Measuring temperature of body parts
• A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a device and a method for cooling living tissues for a medical purpose and other purposes. The cooling device comprises: a container configured to accommodate a cooling medium and thermally coupled with the cooling medium by directly contacting the cooling medium; a cooling generator configured to be thermally coupled with the container by a direct contact and thereby to provide cooling energy to the cooling medium; and a heat sink dissipating heat from the cooling generator, the heat sing being configured to be spaced apart from the cooling generator and to be thermally coupled with the cooling generator without a direct contact with the cooling generator.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/12 - Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61M 5/42 - Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular wayAccessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
• A61B 18/20 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling

Abstract

This application relates to a cooling device that sprays a coolant received from a coolant reservoir toward a target region to cool the target region. In one aspect, the cooling device includes a spraying unit from which the coolant is sprayed, a valve configured to regulate a flow of the coolant, and a control unit configured to control opening and closing of the valve, wherein, when cooling starts. The control unit controls a first cooling mode in which a temperature of the target region is decreased and a second cooling mode in which the temperature of the target region is maintained in a predetermined temperature range to be sequentially performed.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/08 - Warming pads, pans or matsHot-water bottles
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia

Abstract

This application relates to a hand-held cooling device for supplying a cryogen to a target region for cryotherapy. The device can include a cryogen container configured to contain a first cryogen having a first temperature and a nozzle configured to spray a first modified cryogen to the target region, the first modified cryogen having a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The device can also include a cryogen temperature regulator configured to receive the first cryogen and output the first modified cryogen to the nozzle, the cryogen temperature regulator disposed closer to the nozzle than the cryogen container. The cryogen temperature regulator can include a holder tube, a porous structure disposed inside a holder tube and a heater disposed around the holder tube and heating the holder tube so as to increase the first temperature to the second temperature while the first cryogen passes through the porous structure.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a medical cooling device including a cooling medium configured to cool a target region through thermal contact with the target region, a cooling generator configured to supply cooling energy to the cooling medium, and a cooling medium accommodating unit that has one surface to which the cooling generator is attached and that is configured to thermally connect the cooling medium to the cooling generator, wherein a center-of-cooling-power region is disposed in a region where the cooling medium and the cooling medium accommodating unit overlap and has a center of cooling power which is a center with respect to thermal conductivity of the center-of-cooling-power region, and a distance from a front end of the cooling medium to the center of cooling power is less than or equal to 30 mm.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes

Abstract

This application relates to a hand-held cooling device for supplying a cryogen to a target region for cryotherapy. The device can include a cryogen transfer unit configured to receive a first cryogen from an external cryogen reservoir, the first cryogen including i) a first amount of a liquid phase cryogen and ii) at least one of a first solid phase cryogen and a first gas phase cryogen. The device can also include a nozzle configured to spray a first modified cryogen to the target region. The device can further include a cryogen liquefier disposed between the cryogen container and the nozzle and configured to cool the first cryogen received from the cryogen transfer unit and output the first modified cryogen to the nozzle, the first modified cryogen including at least a second amount of the liquid phase cryogen more than the first amount of the liquid phase cryogen.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia

Abstract

This application relates to a hand-held cooling device for supplying a cryogen to a target region for cryotherapy. The device can include a cryogen container configured to contain a first cryogen having a first temperature and a nozzle configured to spray a first modified cryogen to the target region, the first modified cryogen having a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The device can also include a cryogen temperature regulator configured to receive the first cryogen and output the first modified cryogen to the nozzle, the cryogen temperature regulator disposed closer to the nozzle than the cryogen container. The cryogen temperature regulator can include a holder tube, a porous structure disposed inside a holder tube and a heater disposed around the holder tube and heating the holder tube so as to increase the first temperature to the second temperature while the first cryogen passes through the porous structure.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia

Abstract

This application relates to an apparatus for generating refrigeration. The apparatus may include a cooling collector configured to collect cooling energy at a predetermined cooling collection temperature. The apparatus may also include a cooler thermally coupled to the cooling collector so as to cool the cooling collector. The apparatus may further include a refrigeration gate configured to block and release the collected cooling energy. The refrigeration gate may refrigerate a target region by releasing the collected cooling energy.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25B 21/00 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects
• F25B 49/02 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for compression type machines, plants or systems
• F25B 5/02 - Compression machines, plants or systems, with several evaporator circuits, e.g. for varying refrigerating capacity arranged in parallel
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F24F 5/00 - Air-conditioning systems or apparatus not covered by group or

Abstract

An embodiment of the present application may provide a cooling apparatus in which a refrigerant supplied from a refrigerant storage part is sprayed toward a target area so as to cool the target area, the cooling apparatus comprising: a spray part for spraying the refrigerant; and a valve for controlling a flow of the refrigerant, wherein the cooling apparatus controls opening and closing of the valve and controls to sequentially perform a first cooling mode in which the temperature of the target area is reduced and a second cooling mode in which the temperature of the target area is maintained within the range of a predetermined temperature.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61M 11/00 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes
• A61F 9/00 - Methods or devices for treatment of the eyesDevices for putting in contact-lensesDevices to correct squintingApparatus to guide the blindProtective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling

Abstract

A hand-held or wearable device for cooling tissue of an eye of a patient is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a reservoir having fluid therein and a support connected to the reservoir and configured to be positioned on a face of the patient. The device also includes a nozzle positioned proximate to the support and fluidically connected to the reservoir, the nozzle configured to pass the fluid from the reservoir onto a surface of the eye. The device further includes a cooling element configured to cool the fluid from the reservoir such that it exits the nozzle at a temperature of between −100° C. and 15° C. The device further includes an ultrasonic vibrator positioned near the nozzle and configured to generate mist from at least part of the fluid.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 11/00 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a medical cooling device comprising: a cooling medium for cooling a target region by means of thermal contact with the target region; a cooling generation unit for supplying cooling energy to the cooling medium; and a cooling medium accommodation unit for thermally connecting the cooling medium to the cooling generation unit, and having one surface to which the cooling generation unit is attached, wherein a cooling central region is located in a region in which the cooling medium and the cooling medium accommodation unit overlap, and has a cooling center which is the center of the cooling central region in terms of thermal conductivity, and the distance from the front end of the cooling medium to the cooling center is 30 mm or less.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61F 9/007 - Methods or devices for eye surgery
• A61M 11/00 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes
• A61F 9/00 - Methods or devices for treatment of the eyesDevices for putting in contact-lensesDevices to correct squintingApparatus to guide the blindProtective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present application, a cooling apparatus for cooling a target area by receiving a coolant from a coolant storage part comprises: a spray part for spraying a coolant; a valve for adjusting the flow of the coolant; and a coolant cooling part which is positioned on the rear end of the valve, receives the coolant from the coolant storage part and enables the pressure of the coolant supplied from the coolant storage part to maintain at a predetermined pressure.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61M 11/00 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes
• A61F 9/00 - Methods or devices for treatment of the eyesDevices for putting in contact-lensesDevices to correct squintingApparatus to guide the blindProtective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling

Abstract

Disclosed is a local cooling anesthesia device for spraying a coolant on a treatment site. The local cooling anesthesia device includes a housing which forms an outward form and from which the coolant is sprayed and a spraying unit installed in the housing to spray the coolant. The device also includes a cooling temperature regulator connected to the spraying unit to apply thermal energy to the sprayed coolant for temperature regulation and a control unit connected to the cooling temperature regulator to control the cooling temperature regulator. The cooling anesthesia device has functions of measuring and regulating the temperature of the coolant, and thus can apply the coolant to the treatment site within a safe temperature range according to the purpose of treatment, thereby enabling a desired treatment purpose such as local anesthesia to be safely and rapidly accomplished without side effects such as cytoclasis.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for generating refrigeration, the apparatus comprising: a cooling collection unit for collecting cooling energy at a predetermined cooling collection temperature; a cooler unit thermally coupled to the cooling collection unit so as to cool the cooling collection unit; and a refrigeration gate unit for blocking and releasing the collected cooling energy, wherein the refrigeration gate unit refrigerates a target region by releasing the collected cooling energy.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61M 5/42 - Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular wayAccessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a device and a method for cooling living tissues for a medical purpose and other purposes. The cooling device comprises: a container configured to accommodate a cooling medium and thermally coupled with the cooling medium by directly contacting the cooling medium; a cooling generator configured to be thermally coupled with the container by a direct contact and thereby to provide cooling energy to the cooling medium; and a heat sink dissipating heat from the cooling generator, the heat sing being configured to be spaced apart from the cooling generator and to be thermally coupled with the cooling generator without a direct contact with the cooling generator.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/12 - Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61M 5/42 - Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular wayAccessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
• A61B 18/20 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a device and a method for cooling living tissues for a medical purpose and other purposes. The cooling device includes a cooling medium contacting the living tissues to be cooled. The cooling medium comprises: a first fluid medicine reservoir configured to be installed outside a main body that couples with a medical cooling device and to move into the main body, wherein the first fluid medicine reservoir stores a first fluid medicine to be injected through a hole at a tip of the main body.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/12 - Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61M 5/42 - Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular wayAccessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced
• A61B 18/20 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided is a cooling anesthesia device, which significantly resolves a patient's wait and a hospital workload according to a slow anesthesia procedure required for a conventional procedure for ocular anesthesia, and can significantly reduce a patient's psychological burden and pain about a current ocular anesthesia method. According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided is the cooling device including a body part comprising: a proximal end portion including a cooling part having a cooling medium thermally coupled to a target area, and a heat dissipation part for dissipating heat at the cooling part; and a distal end portion formed at the other end thereof, wherein the heat dissipation part includes a cooling fan for generating an active air flow in heat dissipation fins provided at the heat dissipation part, a suction hole for guiding the suctioning of external air and a heat dissipation hole for discharging air therein to the outside are formed in a predetermined area of the proximal end portion, which corresponds to the area in which the cooling fan is provided, and an air flow cycle for suctioning and discharging the air is performed within the predetermined area of the body part.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61F 9/007 - Methods or devices for eye surgery
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
• A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
• A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a medical cooling device comprising: a first body part for cooling a target area through at least one of first thermal coupling and second thermal coupling to the target area; a second body part that includes an overlapping area which overlaps the first body part and a non-overlapping area which does not overlap the first body part; and a main body part having a triangular structure formed by the first and the second body part.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61F 9/007 - Methods or devices for eye surgery
• A61M 5/42 - Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular wayAccessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced
• A61M 5/44 - Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular wayAccessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests having means for cooling or heating the devices or media
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a cooling method for cooling a target region by using a medical cooling device, the cooling method comprising a first cooling step for cooling the target region to a temperature in a first temperature range which is a predetermined target cooling temperature range, wherein the cooling method further comprises at least one cooling step among at least one previous cooling step before the first cooling step and at least one subsequent cooling step after the first cooling step, which is performed in a temperature range different from the first temperature range.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
• A61F 9/007 - Methods or devices for eye surgery
• A61M 5/42 - Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular wayAccessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced
• A61M 5/44 - Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular wayAccessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests having means for cooling or heating the devices or media
• A61M 19/00 - Devices for local anaesthesiaDevices for hypothermia
• A61B 18/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
• A61F 7/02 - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling