PATIENT HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE

To rapidly induce hypothermia to a patient, in the event the patient has a stroke, hyperthermia or some other tem-perature related heath problems which requires prompt action to regulate the temperature of the patient, a flat flexible structure conformable to the body of the patient is placed into c...

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Hauptverfasser:	ROSS, FRANCIS L., III, SEARLE, GARY
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS BLASTING DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT HEATING HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	To rapidly induce hypothermia to a patient, in the event the patient has a stroke, hyperthermia or some other tem-perature related heath problems which requires prompt action to regulate the temperature of the patient, a flat flexible structure conformable to the body of the patient is placed into contact with the patient The structure has at least two heat transfer portions One of heat transfer portions is positioned in contact with the body of the patient The structure is hermetically sealed and a flu-idized medium responsive to temperature change is provided in the structure between the heat transfer portions The fluid is changeable between a liquid state and a gaseous state, when it is exposed to heat and cold