Liquid Cooled Garments

Astronauts working on the surface of the moon had to wear liquid-cooled garments under their space suits as protection from lunar temperatures which sometimes reach 250 degrees Fahrenheit. Fifteen year-old Karen MacKenzie was confined to bed or ice baths for several years due to a disease known as burning limb syndrome." Disease causes severe pain in the limbs and only cooling brings relief. By request of Karen's physician at Geisinger Medical Center a NASA Ames team designed a pump chilling system which circulates cool water through a garment wrapped around Karen's thighs. Cooling garment relieves Karen of pain and prevents further tissue deterioration. Attached to a wheelchair system gives Karen the mobility she was so long denied."

Full article: http://hdl.handle.net/hdl:2060/20070019757