- Hello I'm 2nd Lt. Justin O'Brien
and I would like to introduce
the liquid cooled plate carrier.
A device to combat he stress and keep our airmen
in fighting condition.
- [Narrator] According to the military health system,
There has been a 60% rise in heat related illness from 2008
to 2018 among members of the Armed Forces.
The liquid cool plate carrier or LCPC,
is an active cooling system that utilizes a liquid chill
pad against the users back.
And a commercial off the shelf water bladder,
With our proprietary circulation system.
Other cooling systems on the market such as these,
Require additional clothing, are heavy and complex,
and add unnecessary bulk to the wearer.
The LCPC does not add any additional clothing,
is streamlined, simple to use,
is able to integrate in to most commercially available
plate carriers, and adds only 10 ounces of weight
to the wearer's load.
In order to test the operation of the LCPC,
four individuals participated in a functional fitness test,
For 10 minutes donning the vest
without the cooling function activated.
Heart rates were monitored throughout the test,
and participants were kept
in their individual performance zone.
- That's a lot of work, 150.
- [Man] Go ahead and hit it and then...
(muffled talking)
- [Narrator] Sensors were placed inside the vest to monitor
temperatures at regular intervals.
Temperatures inside the vest rose up to 21° higher than
then the ambient temperature.
Once the cooling system was activated--
- [Man] Oh I feel it now.
- [Narrator] By pressing a button
the results were instantaneous.
- Oh yeah. - [Narrator] Within 30 seconds
temperatures inside the vest
dropped an average of 21 degrees.
- It's like jumping in an ice bath.
- [Narrator] Within two minutes
the temperatures inside the vest
dropped an average of 32°.
(loud labored breathing)
- [Man] There it goes.
- Okay I feel it starting.
- Feels like an iceberg thrown no my back.
- Oh that's nice.
- [Man] We seriously need to get this vest
to the rest of our guys.