Development of a Tissue Freezing and Rewarming Device That Uses Compressed Air as a Medium

• Main Authors: Sharp, Mark W., Ahle, Neil W., Mariano, Rodrigo A., Sawyer, William
• Other Authors: ARMY RESEARCH INST OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE NATICK MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Medicine and Medical Research; Stress Physiology; *FREEZING; *FROSTBITE; *TISSUES(BIOLOGY); *COMPRESSED AIR; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; SWINE; COLD WEATHER TESTS; WIND CHILL; WIND VELOCITY; MODELS; TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REWARMING; PE62777A; WU124; Arctic; Table Top
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA184982; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA184982

This report describes a tissue cooling/rewarming system (TCRS) which uses dried, supercooled, compresses air as a medium. It allows the user, in a manner close to that which occurs in a natural arctic environment, to freeze and rewarm animal tissue producing the first three degrees of frostbite. Tem...