Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Thermal applicators
Patent
1997-07-28
2000-02-29
Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Thermal applicators
607109, 607110, A61F 710
Patent
active
06030412&
ABSTRACT:
A portable apparatus and corresponding method is provided for treating or preventing at least one of brain, brain-stem and associated nervous tissue injuries in a mammal suffering from decreased blood flow to the brain. The apparatus includes a flexible enveloping member for enveloping a head, neck and upper back of a mammal. The enveloping member includes outer and inner shells with at least one cavity intermediate the outer and inner shells for holding a coolant fluid within the at least one cavity. A coolant source is provided in communication with the enveloping member. The coolant source is capable of instantaneously providing a coolant fluid chilled to a temperature sufficient to slow the metabolism of the brain, whereby when the coolant source is activated, the enveloping member becomes instantly chilled rapidly cooling the brain to a temperature sufficient to slow the metabolism of the brain a sufficient amount so that the mammal remains neurologically intact while efforts are made to restore regular blood flow to the brain of the mammal.
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Goldman Robert M.
Klatz Ronald M.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Kearney R.
Life Science Holdings, Inc.
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