System for controlling the temperature of a person

Abstract

A system for affecting a temperature of a patient, the system includes: a nose catheter that is adapted to be inserted into a nose upper channel and to receive a fluid; and a temperature control and fluid supply unit that is adapted to supply the fluid and control a temperature of the fluid so as to affect a temperature of a brain of a patient when the nose catheter is inserted into the nose upper channel of a patient and receives the first fluid; wherein the temperature control and fluid supply unit comprises: a thermoelectric heat pump that is arranged to transfer heat from a cold side to a hot side; a fluid block arranged to be cooled by the cold side and to cool the fluid when the fluid passes through the fluid block; and at least one heat transfer element arranged to transfer heat from the hot side.

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