Method and system for controlled hyperthermia

A method for inducing hyperthermia to treat a condition in a patient, said method comprising:

• a. withdrawing blood from the patient and returning the withdrawn blood to the patient to establish an extracorporeal flow circuit;
• b. heating blood passing through the extracorporeal circuit to raise the patient's body core temperature to a target body core temperature;
• c. controlling the rate of heating and blood flow to within defined limits;
• d. maintaining the target body core temperature for a treatment period in the range from 1 hour to 3 hours;
• e. temperature correcting the blood gases at the elevated core temperature
• f. dialyzing the blood to introduce preselected salts selected to treat the metabolic condition;
• g. detoxifying the blood by continuously passing it through a sorbent column;
• and
• h. after the treatment period has ended, cooling the blood until the body temperature has returned to 38° C. or below.

A method for inducing hyperthermia to treat a condition in a patient, said method comprising:

• a. withdrawing blood from the patient and returning the withdrawn blood to the patient to establish an extracorporeal flow circuit;
• b. heating blood passing through the extracorporeal circuit to raise the patient's body core temperature to a target body core temperature;
• c. maintaining the target body core temperature for a treatment period in the range from 1 hour to 3 hours;
• d. dialyzing the blood with a dialysate to introduce preselected salts selected to treat the particular condition, wherein the dialysate is maintained in a main reservoir and recycled through a dialysis circuit including a dialyzer that contacts the blood;
• e. detoxifying the blood by a continuous flow through a sorbent column;
• f. exchanging a replacement reservoir for the main reservoir after the dialysate in the main reservoir is exhausted, wherein the replacement reservoir becomes the main reservoir;
• g. repeatedly replacing a new replacement reservoir for the naming reservoir after the dialysate in the main reservoir becomes exhausted until the treatment period has ended;
• and
• h. after the treatment period has ended, cooling the blood until the body temperature has returned to 38° C. or below.

A method for inducing hyperthermia to treat a condition in a patient, said method comprising:

• a. withdrawing blood from the patient and returning the withdrawn blood to the patient to establish an extracorporeal flow circuit;
• b. heating blood passing through the extracorporeal circuit to raise the patient's body core temperature to a target body core temperature;
• c. controlling the rate of heating and blood flow to within defined limits;
• d. maintaining the target body core temperature for a treatment period in the range from 1 hour to 3 hours;
• e. temperature correcting the blood gases at the elevated core temperature
• f. dialyzing the blood in a dialyzer and dialysis circuit to introduce preselected salts selected to treat the metabolic condition;
• g. moving the blood throughout the extracorporeal flow circuit by means of up to five pumps connected to a heart lung machine, wherein the five pumps further comprise a main pump (#1), a dialysis pump (#2), two dialysis bath pumps (#3 and #4), and an optional IV fluids pump (#5).
• h. detoxifying the blood by continuously passing it through a charcoal or glass bead sorbent column;
• and
• i. after the treatment period has ended, cooling the blood until the body temperature has returned to 38° C. or below.

An apparatus for treating various conditions resulting from viral infections, comprising:

• a. a heart lung machine with at least four pumps,
• b. a modular cooler heater,
• c. a dialyzer,
• d. a heat exchanger,
• e. a sorbent column,
• f. a monitor,
• g. at least one dialysis reservoir,
• h. at least one intravenous fluid bag, and
• i. a sensor cable management box.

A dialysis circuit operating in conjunction with a hyperthermia treatment method comprising

• a. a dialyzer,
• b. one or more dialysis circuit pumps,
• c. two or more dialysis bath pumps,
• d. a sorbent column,
• e. a main dialysis reservoir,
• f. an optional secondary dialysis reservoir, and
• g. one or more electrolyte enhanced IV bags,