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US 10,537,466 B2Granted
Detecting and responding to preshivering
AssigneeZoll Circulation, Inc.
InventorsJames Palazzolo, Richard A. Helkowski, Gary A. Freeman
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Abstract
A method of reducing the likelihood of shivering comprises monitoring at least one physiological characteristic in a human or animal subject to detect preshivering and acting to reduce the likelihood of shivering when preshivering is detected.
Claims14
A system for cooling a subject's body and determining whether the subject begins to exhibit a stimulus-induced preshivering muscle tone which precedes the onset of shivering, the system comprising:
- a subject cooling device;
- a stimulator for stimulation of a nerve of a subject;
- a sensor for sensing a muscular response which results from stimulation of a nerve of the subject by said stimulator and for generating data representing at least part of that response;
- an analyzer which determines, on the basis of said data, whether said response is indicative of the presence of preshivering muscle tone which precedes the onset of shivering;
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- a controller which communicates with the analyzer and is programmed to act in response to a determination by the analyzer that said response is indicative of the presence of a preshivering muscle tone which precedes the onset of shivering.
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