A New or Improved Apparatus or Appliance for Cooling the Head, Heart, and other Parts of the Human Body.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Apparatus or Appliance for Cooling the Head,
Heart, and other Parts of the Human Body.
We, Dr. GUSTAV GAERTNER, of Schulerstrasse 1, Vienna, in the Empire of
Austria, Physician, and HEINRICH WITZENMANN, of Pforgheim, in the Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an apparatus or appliance for the hygienic treatment
of sick persons, by cooling the head, heart, abdomen or other parts of the human
body, such apparatus or appliance being composed of a flexible pipe, usually
wound round or adapted to fit the portion of the body to be cooled, thus forming
a hollow, or flat, or other shaped appliance through which a suitable medium for
cooling is conducted.
In the manufacture of our cooling apparatus we employ the well known flexible
metallic hose or tubing, formed of helically wound metal which allows of being
extended in its longitudinal direction, and by the employment of flexible metal
tube, a good transmission of the cold temperature to the respective part of the
body to which the apparatus is applied is effected, the metal being the best con-
ducting material while at the same time, a proper and good fitting of the appliance
to the portion of the body is maintained, which was hitherto only rendered possible
by making cooling apparatus of india rubber.
Another advantage of the application of these flexible metallic pipes, is found
in their increased resistance which does not allow the sectional space through
which the cooling medium is to pass, to become contracted.
The improved cooling apparatus is represented on the accompanying drawings
of which Fig. 1 shews an application of the apparatus to the head of a person to
be treated. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 shew examples of various forms or shapes to which
the tubing may be made to conform to adapt it to the different parts of the body
to be cooled and Fig. 5 represents on a larger scale a short piece of the metallic
flexible pipe which is made use of for the construction of the improved cooling
apparatus.
The apparatus or appliance is to be closely applied to the respective part of the
body to be cooled, which application is rendered easy owing to the flexibility of
the pipe. A suitable medium for cooling purposes is then conducted or forced
through the apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The apparatus or appliance for cooling the head, heart, and other parts of the
human body, consisting of one or more metallic flexible pipes, suitably arranged

page_text: by coiling or bending the pipe, to adapt it to fit the part or parts to which it is to
be applied all substantially as and for the purposes described with reference to
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of September 1898.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.