PREVENTION & TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHY
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1. A device for inducing regulated controlled hypothermia in a subject comprising:
- a body part covering comprising flexible material adapted to contact the skin of a subject and having an upper and lower surface defining a space for coolant, the device provided with one or more inlets for fluid coolant connecting to a closed network of channels to facilitate even distribution of fluid within the device space and describing a coolant dispersal pattern when in use to provide uniform cooling to the subjects body part and wherein the device is further provided with one or more temperature sensors and one or more blood flow sensors to monitor the subjects body part temperature and/or the blood flow through the subjects body part.
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Abstract
The invention relates to the use of hypothermia to prevent or treat peripheral nerve neuropathy and including a system to induce optimized cooling of one or more body parts, typically the limbs.
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1. A device for inducing regulated controlled hypothermia in a subject comprising:
- a body part covering comprising flexible material adapted to contact the skin of a subject and having an upper and lower surface defining a space for coolant, the device provided with one or more inlets for fluid coolant connecting to a closed network of channels to facilitate even distribution of fluid within the device space and describing a coolant dispersal pattern when in use to provide uniform cooling to the subjects body part and wherein the device is further provided with one or more temperature sensors and one or more blood flow sensors to monitor the subjects body part temperature and/or the blood flow through the subjects body part.
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