Patent ID: 8491644

Claim:
A portable apparatus for circulating a cooled fluid through at least one interconnectable patient heat exchange device, comprising: a reservoir for containing a fluid; a circulating pump, fluidly interconnected to said reservoir for portable movement therewith, for circulating said fluid; a heat exchanger, fluidly interconnected with said circulating pump and said reservoir for portable movement therewith, for cooling said circulatable fluid; a self-contained refrigerator, fluidly interconnected with said heat exchanger for portable movement therewith, for circulating a refrigerant through said heat exchanger to effect cooling of said circulatable fluid; a power storage supply, electrically interconnected to said circulating pump and said refrigerator for portable movement therewith, for storing and providing electrical power to electrically power operation of said circulating pump and to electrically power operation of said refrigerator during stand-alone, independent operation of said portable apparatus, free from interconnection of said heat exchanger and said self-contained refrigerator of said portable apparatus with an external electrical energy source; and, a patient heat exchange device for external patient contact and fluidly interconnectable to said circulating pump, wherein said fluid is circulatable therethrough by said circulating pump during said stand-alone, independent operation of said portable apparatus.