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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2009
Raimondo D'ambrosio, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew Smyth, Frontenac, MO (US);
Steven Mark Rothman, Clayton, MO (US);
John W. Miller, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jason Fender, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Raimondo D'Ambrosio, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew Smyth, Frontenac, MO (US);
Steven Mark Rothman, Clayton, MO (US);
John W. Miller, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jason Fender, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A device for cooling the central nervous system (e.g., the brain) is disclosed that is specifically designed to provide cooling of an injured central nervous system for neuroprotective, antiepileptogenic, and/or antiepileptic treatments. In one embodiment, a portion of the cooling device is placed in a recess formed by removal of a portion of a patient's skull. An embedded heat-collecting portion of the cooling device is formed to fit in the location of the formed recess and a thermally conductive material of the heat-collecting portion is placed adjacent the dura mater to provide the desired degree of cooling. A heat-dissipating external plate is in thermal contact with the internal plate, and can be selectively sized according to a specific purpose.