Patent ID: 11946479
Assignee: ASHLEY BERG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 18:
19. A method for adjusting skin temperature conditions, the method comprising:
detachably securing a wearable device in contact or in close proximity to the skin of a user, the wearable device including (i) a housing defining a reservoir containing a liquid, (ii) a forced air device positioned within the housing, (iii) a thermally conductive element mounted with respect to the housing and positioned for thermal interface with the skin of a user, the thermally conductive element having a thermal conductivity of 50-425 watts/meter-Kelvin, at a temperature between 273° K and 300° K, and (iv) a wetted media positioned within the housing, the wetted media in fluid communication with liquid received by the reservoir, and in direct contact with the thermally conductive element for direct thermal communication with the thermally conductive element;
activating the forced air device of the wearable device to adjust the user's skin conditions, wherein the wearable device adjusts the user's skin conditions based on forced air passage over the wetted media that is in fluid contact with the liquid, and effectuating a cooling effect based on direct heat transfer from the thermally conductive element to the wetted media and vaporization of the liquid from the wetted media to effect evaporative cooling;
wherein the thermal conductivity of the thermally conductive element enables the thermal conductive element to cool down based on heat transfer to the wetted media.