67 results about "Hypothermia treatment" patented technology

Devices and methods to heat and cool human beings, including inducing and maintaining hypothermia in human patients. Methods include inducing hypothermia to treat ischemic events, including heart attack and stroke, to limit damage caused by the ischemic event. Methods can include: using the lungs for heat exchange; using cooled gases for ventilation; using helium in the ventilation gas mixture, using medications to control reflex heat production; and injecting a perfluorocarbon mist into the gas stream to increase the cooling rate. The high thermal conductivity and diffusivity of helium results in greater inspired gas temperature equalization toward body temperature. Due to the latent heat of vaporization, addition of even small quantity of phase-change perfluorocarbon dramatically increases the heat carrying capacity of the respiratory gases. Hypothermia may be terminated by discontinuing the medications and warming the patient using a warmed helium-oxygen mixture.

The invention provides a medical device having a thermister for temperature measurement, irrigation / aspiration ports for fluid exchange and application of therapeutic modalities, a pressure manometer for pressure measurement, and an external system for control of temperature, pressure, and flow rate. When applied to the central nervous system (CNS), this device can be used in hypothermia or hyperthermia applications, the exchange of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF), the application of treatment modalities, and the insertion of a ventriculostomy or ventriculostomy-like unit. When applied to spinal cord applications, this device can provide temperature control and a method for application of treatment modalities by using a venting device placed in the space surrounding the spinal cord, a device with similar instrumentation to measure temperature and pressure. A device for ultrasound localization of the CNS device is described. A device for a fiber optic endoscope for visualization and localization is also described. Method of using the devices in treating patients suffering from cardiac arrest, circulatory arrest, exsanguination, head or neck trauma, strokes, tumors and other intracranial diseases are disclosed. In the case of hypothermia treatment of the brain, rapid cooling using principles of convection and conduction will be applied to the lateral ventricle and subarachnoid and / or subdural space simultaneously where the neurons are located in close proximity.

A hypothermia treatment sack comprising a top sheet and a bottom sheet releasably connecting along their perimeters to form a patient receiving cavity between the top and bottom sheets while allowing for patient access from any location around the perimeter. The top and bottom sheets include a weatherproof exterior side for repelling wind and water, and a heat reflective interior side for preventing heat from escaping. A plurality of self-activating heating pads are carried in the top sheet for producing heat when exposed to air. The heating pads have a first side exposed on the weatherproof exterior side of the top sheet to provide for a generally unrestricted airflow to the heating pads, and a second side exposed on the heat reflective interior side of the top sheet for radiating heat directly into the patient receiving cavity.

A method for treating cardiac failure such as congestive heart failure by application of hypothermia. Hypothermia may be applied by endovascular cooling using a heat exchange catheter circulating heat exchange fluid between an external heat exchanger controlled using temperature feedback from a temperature probe on or in the patient to cool the heart to a sufficiently low temperature for a sufficient length of time to increase cardiac output and improve the vascular condition of the patient. The patient may be maintained in the hypothermic condition for a period of time and is then re-warmed slowly and controllably. The endovascular temperature management may be controlled automatically in response to a temperature probe on the patient, and shivering while the patient is cool may be combated using surface warming and anti-shivering drugs. The method is applicable to treat congestive heart failure and may be used repeatedly on the same patient to restore that patient to adequate heart function when the vascular condition of that patient has become unacceptable. The method may be used to maintain a patient until a heart transplant becomes available. The method may be used to stabilize a patient's condition to allow needed surgery or intervention. The method may be used in conjunction with other treatments including drugs, balloon pumps, pacing devices and ventricular assist devices.

Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through esophageal cooling are disclosed. Devices and methods for operative temperature management are disclosed.

A hypothermia treatment sack comprising a top sheet and a bottom sheet releasably connecting along their perimeters to form a patient receiving cavity between the top and bottom sheets while allowing for patient access from any location around the perimeter. The top and bottom sheets include a weatherproof exterior side for repelling wind and water, and a heat reflective interior side for preventing heat from escaping. A plurality of self-activating heating pads are carried in the top sheet for producing heat when exposed to air. The heating pads have a first side exposed on the weatherproof exterior side of the top sheet to provide for a generally unrestricted airflow to the heating pads, and a second side exposed on the heat reflective interior side of the top sheet for radiating heat directly into the patient receiving cavity.

Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through esophageal cooling are disclosed. Devices and methods for operative temperature management are disclosed.

The present invention relates to devices and methods for altering the tissue in and around an intervertebral disc through localized hypothermia therapy to restore function of the disc and reduce pain. Hypothermia therapy is defined as the reduction of tissue temperature to below that of the equilibrium temperature. Target therapeutic temperatures and times are varied according to the desired treatment effect. Intended effects of hypothermia of the intervertebral disc include cellular disruption leading to cell death and or structural and chemical denaturation within the anulus fibrosus, nucleus pulposus, or nerve fibers, temporary or permanent deadening of the nerves within or surrounding the disc, induction of a healing response, angiogenesis, or accelerated degeneration and / or drying of the nucleus pulposus and / or anulus fibrosus. Various effects can be achieved by reaching different temperatures for differing periods of time or by the proximity of the hypothermia therapy device to the treatment target. Accordingly, it is an object of one or more the embodiments of the invention to provide hypothermic therapy to selected locations within an intervertebral disc utilizing a flexible and guidable cryogenic device.

Hypothermic therapy headgear for patients includes a headpiece for engaging the head of the patient and a cooling member engaged to the headpiece for contacting at least one surface portion of the patient. The cooling member includes at least one cooling surface for contacting the surface portion of the patient, and at least two endothermic reaction components. The endothermic reaction components have an initial state where the endothermic reaction components are separated from contact with each other, and a treatment state in which the endothermic reaction components are placed into contact, wherein an endothermic reaction takes place and cools the cooling surface and the corresponding portion of the patient. An activation device selectively places the endothermic reaction components into the treatment state when a patient is in need of hypothermic therapy. A thermal therapy device and a method for administering thermal therapy are also disclosed.

Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for providing selective and non-selective cooling and warming of a patient. Multiple embodiments of devices are disclosed for performing rapid induction and maintenance of therapeutic hypothermia either in a hospital setting or in the field so that hypothermic treatment can be quickly instituted before significant tissue damage occurs. Methods are also disclosed for targeting brain cooling by irrigating the upper airway, aerodigestive tract, and / or more generalized cooling by irrigating the esophagus and / or stomach.

A dual-purpose, portable, hypothermia treatment pad for use in warming a patient suffering from hypothermia and for heating body infusion fluid container(s) in preparation for such fluid to be infused in a body, such pad provided in a kit that further includes a carrying bag and multiple electrical connectors to different electrical power sources for providing electrical current to the pad, such carrying bag having heat-retaining sides when holding the pad around body infusion fluid container(s) placed within the pad and held on the carrying bag to warm such container(s).

The present invention relates to devices and methods for altering the tissue in and around an intervertebral disc through localized hypothermia therapy to restore function of the disc and reduce pain. Hypothermia therapy is defined as the reduction of tissue temperature to below that of the equilibrium temperature. Target therapeutic temperatures and times are varied according to the desired treatment effect. Intended effects of hypothermia of the intervertebral disc include cellular disruption leading to cell death and or structural and chemical denaturation within the anulus fibrosus, nucleus pulposus, or nerve fibers, temporary or permanent deadening of the nerves within or surrounding the disc, induction of a healing response, angiogenesis, or accelerated degeneration and / or drying of the nucleus pulposus and / or anulus fibrosus. Various effects can be achieved by reaching different temperatures for differing periods of time or by the proximity of the hypothermia therapy device to the treatment target. Accordingly, it is an object of one or more the embodiments of the invention to provide hypothermic therapy to selected locations within an intervertebral disc utilizing a flexible and guidable cryogenic device.

The present invention relates to a life cradle device for the purpose of inducing therapeutic hypothermia in neonates suffering from birth asphyxia. The device essentially consists of a rigid outer skeleton which could be fitted with removable mattresses containing form stable organic phase change materials effecting instant and sustained cooling. Multiple compartments of different phase change material composition functional at different temperatures are arranged in layers to replicate cooling performances as in conventional cascading systems. The device is also designed to have thermo-chromic indicators with an option of probes for automation control techniques. The device may also be fitted with thermostat controlled infant radiant warmer to automatically switch on when the infant is cooled down below requirement as a safety consideration.

The invention relates to a high-low-temperature composite ablation surgical system, relates to the technical field of cryogenic low-temperature treatment, and is used to improve the safety and effectiveness of the treatment. The high-low-temperature composite ablation surgical system includes a host unit and a cold and hot ablation needle connected to the host unit, and the host unit includes a cold working medium supply system, a hot working medium supply system and a working medium distribution system; and the working medium distribution system can separately control the cold working mediumsupply system to deliver a cold working medium to the hot and cold ablation needle and control the hot working medium supply system to deliver a hot working medium to the cold and hot ablation needle,so that quick rewarming can be performed in a treatment area after the low-temperature treatment is completed, and a basis is provided for improving the safety, economy and convenience of surgery.

The invention relates to an intravascular mild hypothermia therapy device which comprises a normal saline storage box, a first pipeline, an electronic refrigerator, a second pipeline, a central venous catheter and a third pipeline. The normal saline storage box and the electronic refrigerator are communicated through the first pipeline. The electronic refrigerator and the central venous catheter are communicated through the second pipeline. The central venous catheter and the normal saline storage box are communicated through the third pipeline. A pushing pump is arranged on the second pipeline. The liquid inlet end of a honeycomb meshed heat exchange pipe inside the electronic refrigerator is communicated with the first pipeline, and the liquid outlet end of the honeycomb meshed heat exchange pipe is communicated with the second pipeline. Normal saline inside the normal saline storage box is conveyed by the pushing pump into the honeycomb meshed heat exchange pipe and then cooled by an electronic refrigeration sheet into low-temperature normal saline, one end of the central venous catheter enters a lower plenum central vein from a human body femoral vein puncture opening, a temperature difference between the circularly-flowing normal saline and blood inside the central venous blood vessel, and heat exchange between the surface of the central venous blood vessel and the blood in the patient blood vessel is performed.

The invention provides a hypothermia treatment device which uses a semiconductor to cool and solves the problems that noise is large and cooling effect is not good in an existing hypothermia treatment device. The hypothermia treatment device comprises a semiconductor cooling device unit. A cooling end of the semiconductor cooling device unit is provided with a cold guiding and circulating system. An ice blanket is connected on a pipeline of the cold guiding and circulating system. A hot end of the semiconductor cooling device unit is provided with the heat guiding and circulating system. The hypothermia treatment device further comprises an inner circulation system which communicates the heat guiding and circulating system and the cold guiding and circulating system. The hypothermia treatment device uses the semiconductor to cool and is simple in structure and precise in temperature control. By arranging the inner circulation system which communicates the heat guiding and circulating system and the cold guiding and circulating system, the service life of the semiconductor cooling device unit is effectively prolonged.

Hypothermia significantly improves the rate of recovery of function following abdominal surgery—particularly radical prostatectomy. Prior to commencing surgery the tissues at and surrounding the site of the surgery are cooled by means of an endorectal cooling balloon inserted into the patient's rectum. The uninflated balloon is inserted and then inflated with cooling fluid which fluid is constantly circulated in and out to lower the temperature. Improved hypothermia can be achieved by bathing internal tissue with chilled water or buffer. Limitation of surgically induced damage can be demonstrated by the more rapid regain of continence in radical prostatectomy patients treated with hypothermia during surgery.

The invention discloses human body temperature adjusting method and device and mild hypothermia treatment equipment. The method comprises the steps: detecting the body temperature value of a patient using the mild hypothermia treatment equipment, and when the error between the detected body temperature value and a target body temperature value in a main controller is larger than a first preset threshold value, sending a first adjusting signal to the main controller for adjusting the target water temperature value output to an auxiliary controller by the main controller; and detecting a water temperature value of a water outlet of the water circulation system, and when an error between the detected water temperature value and a target water temperature value in the auxiliary controller is greater than a second preset threshold value, sending a second adjusting signal to the auxiliary controller for adjusting a control signal output to the semiconductor temperature control assembly by the auxiliary controller. The body temperature of a patient can be accurately increased or decreased; meanwhile, the semiconductor temperature control assembly is adopted for adjusting the temperature,the size of the mild hypothermia treatment equipment can be effectively reduced, and noise and power consumption in the using process are reduced.

A medical cooling device for reducing the body core temperature of a patient and a method for operating the same are provided. The cooling process provided by the medical cooling device is based on the state or degree of shivering of the patient.

A thermal therapy headgear for a patient includes a plurality of thermal reaction compartments, a liquid chamber, a gas chamber, and a gas container. The thermal reaction compartments contain a first of at least two thermal reaction components, and the liquid chamber contains the second thermal reaction component. The gas container has therein a pressurized gas and a gas valve for selectively releasing the pressurized gas into the gas chamber. The gas in the gas chamber will apply pressure to the liquid chamber and force the second thermal reaction component through the valve and into the thermal reaction compartments to react and transfer heat with the patient, and the presence of the gas within the gas chamber will cushion the patient. A method for conducting hypothermic therapy is also disclosed.

The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling body temperature of a patient during hypothermia treatment, comprising: a body trunk cooling unit having a first affixing portion to be applied on a surface of the trunk of a patient's body and for cooling the surface of the trunk of the patient's body; and a body peripheral part heating unit having a second affixing portion to be applied to the peripheral part of the patient's body and for heating the peripheral part of the body by utilizing exhaust heat from the body trunk cooling unit and suppressing activation of cold receptors of the skin of the patient.

The invention provides an animal blood temperature lowering method and an application thereof and a cardiopulmonary resuscitation low temperature animal model preparing method and an animal model, and relates to the technical field of medicine. The animal blood temperature lowering method can achieve rapid cooling, simple operation, low cost and fast cooling speed by the heat exchange between liquid of 4 DEG C and animal blood. In addition, according to the animal model prepared by the cardiopulmonary resuscitation low temperature animal model preparing method, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and low temperature treatment schemes can be scientifically simulated; a study basis is provided for low temperature treatment related researches in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; the animal blood temperature lowering method is simple in operation, low in cost and fast in cooling speed, and can be used in the preparation of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation low temperature animal model.

The invention discloses an intravascular sub-hypothermia therapeutic apparatus for Intensive Care Unit. The apparatus comprises a mounting bracket, wherein four corners of the bottom of the mounting bracket are movably connected with universal wheels; the mounting bracket is provided with a first placement chamber and a second placement chamber; a normal saline tank is arranged in the first placement chamber and a refrigeration box is arranged in the second placement chamber; the normal saline tank is connected with the refrigeration box through a first conduit; one end, away from the first conduit, of the normal saline tank communicates to a normal saline output pipe; and a first switching valve is arranged on the normal saline output pipe. Through the arrangement of a first inner box anda second inner box in the refrigeration box of the intravascular sub-hypothermia therapeutic apparatus and through the communication between the first inner box and the second inner box by a second conduit, the normal saline in the first inner box can be fully cooled and stored in the second inner box, and the stored normal saline can be introduced into the human blood vessels and at the same time the normal saline in the first inner box can be cooled again so that an absolute cooling effect of the output normal saline can be guaranteed.

The current invention concerns a kit suitable for the non-surgical treatment of skin lesions including warts, verrucae, corns, and skin tags said kit comprising a cryogenic body comprising a housing hosting a coolant container and further comprising a cryogenic applicator head, whereby the housing and the cryogenic applicator head extend axially; said cryogenic applicator head is provided with a cryogenic tip for performing a cryogenic treatment to a skin lesion, whereby said coolant container contains a coolant suitable for cooling said tip; the kit further comprises an acid body comprising an acid container containing an acidic composition and having an acid outlet, and an acid dispenser head that axially extends from said acid container, is in fluid communication with said acid outlet, and is suitable for applying a dose of said acidic composition to a skin lesion. The invention also concerns a dosage regimen.

The invention relates to the technical field of pressure sore-prevention mattresses, and particularly relates to a multifunctional child pressure sore-prevention mattress. The pressure sore-preventionmattresses comprises a head-chest part and a leg part, the head-chest part is connected with the leg part through a second water pillow, wherein the head-chest part comprises a first water pillow anda restraining plate body integrally connected with the first water pillow, each leg part comprises a plate block and a shank part, the plate block is connected with the shank part through a third water pillow, the shank part comprises a U-shaped restraining plate body, a second fixing plate is arranged in one first square groove, a second electric telescopic rod is arranged on the lower surface of the second fixing plate, a third fixing plate is arranged in the other first square groove, a third electric telescopic rod is arranged on the lower surface of the third fixing plate, a first fixingplate is arranged in the second square groove, and a first electric telescopic rod is arranged on the lower surface of the first fixing plate; according to the multifunctional child pressure sore-prevention mattress, the head-chest part and leg part are additionally arranged, so that the multifunctional child pressure sore-prevention mattress is suitable for people of different ages, the heightsof the head and legs are locally adjusted for use, and multifunctional head mild hypothermia treatment is provided for patients.

The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling body temperature of a patient during hypothermia treatment, comprising: a body trunk cooling unit having a first affixing portion to be applied on a surface of the trunk of a patient's body and for cooling the surface of the trunk of the patient's body; and a body peripheral part heating unit having a second affixing portion to be applied to the peripheral part of the patient's body and for heating the peripheral part of the body by utilizing exhaust heat from the body trunk cooling unit and suppressing activation of cold receptors of the skin of the patient.

The invention discloses low-temperature therapeutic equipment using a coolant. The therapeutic equipment comprises a refrigerating device, a one-way valve, a coolant storage tank, a coolant recovery tank, an air compressor, an air storage tank, an adjusting valve, a control system, a low-temperature probe and the like, wherein the air compressor compresses air into certain high pressure and stores the compressed air in the air storage tank; when the coolant, namely low-temperature silicone oil, refrigerated by the refrigerating device flows into the storage tank through the one-way valve and is accumulated to a certain amount, a liquid level sensor transmits a signal to a programmable controller to open the adjusting valve so as to charge the compressed air into the storage tank; the programmable controller controls the opening of the adjusting valve through a pressure signal detected by a pressure sensor, so that the low-temperature silicone oil is squeezed out of the storage tank bya corrugated pipe at a certain flow rate to flow to the low-temperature probe, and the silicon oil flowing out from the low-temperature probe returns to the recovery tank. The equipment can be applied to cold therapy on diseased tissues.