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AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorsDennis A. Grahn, H. Craig Heller
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Methods and devices for manipulating the thermoregulatory status of a mammal are provided. In the subject methods, thermal energy is transferred between the environment and both of the thoracic/abdominal core body and head of the mammal. In general, thermal energy transfer between thoracic/abdominal core body and the environment occurs under negative pressure conditions. The subject methods and devices can be used to increase the thoracic/abdominal core body temperature of a mammal, in which case thermal energy is introduced into the thoracic/abdominal core body of the mammal and removed from the head of the mammal or cold is merely applied thereto. The subject methods and devices can also be used to reduce the thoracic/abdominal core body temperature of a mammal, in which case thermal energy is removed from the thoracic/abdominal core body of the mammal and introduced into the head of the mammal or heat is merely applied thereto.
A device for transferring energy with a portion of a mammal, the device comprising:
A method for increasing core body temperature of a mammal, said method comprising:
A method for decreasing core body temperature of a mammal, said method comprising:
A method for manipulating the thermoregulatory status of a mammal, said method comprising:
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