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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Nathan Hamilton, Incline Village, NV (US);
John Roy Kane, Redwood City, CA (US);
H. Lawson Fisher, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Loren D. Titsworth, Fremont, CA (US);
Barry Hickerson, Modesto, CA (US);
Nathan Hamilton, Incline Village, NV (US);
John Roy Kane, Redwood City, CA (US);
H. Lawson Fisher, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Loren D. Titsworth, Fremont, CA (US);
Barry Hickerson, Modesto, CA (US);
Dynatherm Medical, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for adjusting body core temperature are provided. The apparatus comprises an appendage chamber that is adapted to be disassembled from a heat exchange element. In one aspect, the appendage chamber is disposable. The appendage chamber provides a negative pressure environment for a patient's appendage placed therein. An appendage is heated and exposed to a negative pressure environment within the apparatus to efficiently raise or maintain the body core temperature of the patient.