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US 2013/0085554 A1Published application
Gastric, cutaneous, or peritoneal delivery of frozen mist to induce therapeutic hyperthermia
AssigneeThermocure, Inc.
InventorAmir Belson
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Abstract
Peritoneal heat exchange provides the benefit of extremely rapid cooling of the patient's target organs such as the heart and brain as well as facilitating global patient body temperature reduction to therapeutically effective temperatures. The heat exchange medium of the present invention is a chilled gaseous fluid suspension of frozen ice particles.
Claims21
A method for cooling a patient, said method comprising:
- generating a flowing gas stream having entrained frozen solid particles;
- and
- passing the flowing gas stream over a body surface which is not part of the patient's respiratory system, wherein the solid particles melt to absorb body heat to lower the patient's body temperature.
A system for cooling a patient, said system comprising:
- a generator which produces a flowing gas stream having entrained frozen solid particles therein;
- and
- means for directing the flowing gas stream to a body surface which is not part of the patient's respiratory system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.