Patent ID: 11944568
Assignee: DIVERGENT MED LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A cooling system for extracting heat away from a targeted area of the body, the cooling system comprising:
a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) having a hot side and a cold side;
a radiator thermally coupled to the hot side of the TEC; and
an applicator having a container on which the TEC is mounted and in which the radiator is located, and the container is sized to hold a predetermined amount of coolant within the container such that, when the container is filled with the predetermined amount of coolant and the TEC is powered, the predetermined amount of coolant contained within the container extract heat away from the hot side of the TEC without re-cooling the predetermined amount of coolant contained within the container so that the cold side of the TEC can maintain temperature below 0° C. for at least 30 minutes to extract heat away from the targeted area of the body;
wherein the cooling system does not include a pumping mechanism that circulates coolant to and from the TEC.