Patent ID: 9549844
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61N

Claim:
1. A method of warming or maintaining a warmed core body temperature of a mammal subject, comprising: inducing and maintaining a condition of vasodilation in glabrous tissue of the subject, wherein the inducing and maintaining of vasodilation in the glabrous tissue does not include applying a mechanical force caused by application of pressure to the glabrous tissue of the subject sufficient to induce or maintain increased blood flow in the glabrous tissue; and applying a warming stimulus using a warming device localized to the glabrous tissue, to skin overlying the glabrous tissue, or both, during the maintenance of the vasodilation condition therein the glabrous tissue, wherein the localized warming application heats blood in the vasodilated vasculature of the glabrous tissue, said heated blood circulating to the subject's body core to cause warming or maintenance of the subject's core body temperature.