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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2002
Lance B. Becker, Chicago, IL (US);
Terry Vanden Hoek, Chicago, IL (US);
Kenneth E. Kasza, Palos Park, IL (US);
Lance B. Becker, Chicago, IL (US);
Terry Vanden Hoek, Chicago, IL (US);
Kenneth E. Kasza, Palos Park, IL (US);
University of Chicago Office of Technology Transfer, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets.