Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Effervescent or pressurized fluid containing – Organic pressurized fluid
Patent
1995-05-30
1998-03-24
Mosley, Terressa
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Effervescent or pressurized fluid containing
Organic pressurized fluid
424 59, 424 65, 424 762, 424401, 424405, 512 1, 514827, 514829, 514844, A61L 904
Patent
active
057309574
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a composition and apparatus for providing a supply of water-based cool mixture and a method of providing a supply of water-based cool mixture.
Cool water or cool water-based mixture has numerous uses and applications in different aspects of life, whether for drinking, cosmetic, medical or other uses. The treatment of some medical conditions such as sunstroke/heatstroke which could be fatal, requires rapid cooling of the sufferer by application of cool water. The problem is to keep the water or water-based mixture cool for a long period of time without using refrigerator or power supply. Most known portable sources of cool water mixtures such as the thermos flask or similar are temporary, most working on the principal of providing an insulated medium for the cool water-based mixture which was previously cooled or to include previously frozen ice packs.
Some of the situations which would benefit from the provision of a supply, preferably portable, of water-based cool mixture are discussed below:
The problems associated with living in hot climates are familiar. When the heat reaches its peak, usually around mid day, life is rather uncomfortable. The body feels the heat and the sweat producing system is unable to cope with the excess heat, so the body feels hot. A cool drink, a shower, or a plunge in a pool or the sea immediately relieves the problem, but this may not always be feasible or possible.
Sports players or individuals involved in vigorous muscular activity warm up quickly, the more so during hot weather. They would benefit from a convenient method to cool them quickly and to relieve them from the body heat.
Sunstroke or heatstroke can affect individuals if they expose themselves to the sun or heat longer than their body can cope with. A method is needed to protect individuals from excess heat and to cool them down quickly before they are seriously sick as a result of sunstroke or heatstroke.
One widely used method of treating sunstroke/heatstroke is to quickly apply cool water on the sufferers to cool them down. Cool water may not be readily available especially in hot climates. Readily available, reliable cool water supply near a sufferer may make the difference between life and death.
Burns and sunburns require similar treatment i.e. apply cool water on the affected area of the skin. The lack of cool water supply may cause difficulties.
When the body suffers from fever, any medication given usually takes time to work, the time needed for the medication to be absorbed by the body's natural systems. Moreover it may be difficult in some cases to administer the right medication due to some medical complications present at the time. A method is needed to lower the body temperature quickly while medication has time to work, or to replace medication where necessary.
Women experiencing menopause and in some cases men, may suffer from hot flushes and would benefit from a method that would offer them rapid heat relief.
Motor vehicles parked in the sun turn into `scorching ovens`, the steering wheel becoming too hot to touch, and the seats, the seat belt buckles and child's seat becoming painfully hot. A pressing need arises to reduce the temperature of the passenger compartment on entering and to cool the hot surfaces to render them safe, in particular to the touch of small children.
Enclosed spaces often become uncomfortably hot and the use of fans or air-conditioning has hitherto been necessary. Air-conditioning is a high power electrical load and needs a specially adapted power supply unit. Fans produce their cooling effect by increasing the speed of air movement which increases the rate of sweat evaporation, so the body feels less hot. In the absence of a suitable power supply the problem persists. A method is needed to lower the temperature of the enclosed spaces.
In all of the above situations, cooling may be achieved by the employment of cool water or water-based mixture which results in an instant heat relief, cool treatment/prevention of a medical condition or lowering the
REFERENCES:
patent: 4243548 (1981-01-01), Heeb et al.
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