Brain cooling system
AssigneesYale University, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, ITN Energy Systems, Inc.
InventorsHitten P Zaveri, Dennis D Spencer, Bharat Joshi, David M Binkley, Bruce Lanning, Mohan S Misra
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Abstract
A clinical grid electrode system for seizure control through local cooling, mapping brain function and me provision of reversible functional ablation. The system includes a modular, scalable, cooling and sensing array composed of a plurality of cooling sensing elements. The system also includes a control system to which die cooling and sensing array is coupled for providing for control and monitoring of die cooling sensing elements making up the cooling and sensing array.
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A clinical grid electrode system for seizure control through local cooling, mapping brain function and the provision of reversible functional ablation comprising:
- a modular, addressable, scalable, cooling and sensing array composed of a plurality of cooling sensing elements, wherein each of the cooling sensing elements is composed of a cooling module, a temperature sensor and an EEG electrode mounted within a film supporting structure;
- and
- a control system to which the cooling and sensing array is coupled for providing for control and monitoring of the cooling sensing elements making up the cooling and sensing array.
A clinical grid electrode system for seizure control through local cooling, mapping brain function and the provision of reversible functional ablation comprising:
- a modular scalable cooling and sensing array composed of a plurality of cooling sensing elements, wherein each of the cooling sensing elements is composed of a cooling module, a temperature sensor and an EEG electrode;
- and
- a control system to which the cooling and sensing array is coupled for providing for control and monitoring of the cooling sensing elements making up the cooling and sensing array
- wherein each of cooling sensing elements has a layered configuration with a lowermost tissue contact layer composed of the EEG electrode positioned on the cooling module, a cooling plate positioned along the lowermost tissue contact layer and to which the EEG electrode is mounted.
A cooling sensing element for an clinical grid electrode system for seizure control through local cooling, mapping brain function and provision of reversible functional ablation, comprising:
- a cooling module;
- a temperature sensor;
- and
- an EEG electrode;
- wherein the cooling module, the temperature sensor and the EEG electrode are mounted within a film supporting structure.
A cooling sensing element for an clinical grid electrode system for seizure control through local cooling, mapping brain function and provision of reversible functional ablation, comprising:
- a cooling module;
- a temperature sensor;
- and
- an EEG electrode;
- wherein each of the cooling sensing elements has a layered configuration with a lowermost tissue contact layer composed of the EEG electrode positioned on the cooling module, a cooling plate positioned along the lowermost tissue contact layer and to which the EEG electrode is mounted.
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