Patent ID: 8128675

Claim:
Cooling apparatus for use by a male to reduce the risk of, and/or alleviate, male infertility, particularly in a heated environment, comprising: a waistband to be worn around the waist of the male user; a pouch carried by said waistband, said pouch being configured and dimensioned to enclose the scrotal area of the male user; a thermoelectric cooling device carried by said waistband, said thermoelectric cooling device having a cold side and a hot side and fluid pumping means carried by said waistband for pumping a first fluid through a cooling path across said cold side of said thermoelectric cooling device to said pouch to cool said pouch and the scrotal area enclosed thereby, and a second fluid through a heat-dissipation path across said hot side of the thermoelectric cooling device to an outlet from said waistband remotely located from said pouch to thereby dissipate the heat produced by said thermoelectric cooling device in cooling said pouch at a location remote from said pouch.