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Apparatus for and method of cooling a brain

US6511502B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 27, 2001
Grant dateJan 28, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 19, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2007/0231
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Cooling a patient's brain is performed by each of two hollow pads exclusively in an area of a patient's neck adjoining one of carotid arteries by circulating a cooling liquid through one of the pads independently from the other pad or through both pads, to cool either one half of the brain, or another half of the brain, or both halves thereof.

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