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Method and device for patient temperature control employing optimized rewarming

  • US 20030023288A1
  • Filed: 08/09/2002
  • Published: 01/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of rewarming a patient following neurosurgery, comprising:

  • draping a patient with a blanket;

    inserting a heat transfer element into a vein of the patient;

    circulating a working fluid through the heat transfer element, the working fluid heated by a heat exchanger to a temperature sufficient to raise the temperature of a blood stream to a temperature less than about 42°

    C.;

    sensing a patient temperature;

    controlling the patient temperature to a target temperature of about between about 35°

    C. and 36°

    C.; and

    rewarming the patient to normothermia using an active heating blanket.

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