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Device and method for inducing bradycardia

  • US 4,466,439 A
  • Filed: 02/08/1982
  • Issued: 08/21/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for inducing dive reflex in a person for medical treatment purposes comprising:

  • cheek-engaging means;

    means for mounting said cheek-engaging means against a portion of at least one of the cheeks of said person, said cheek portion including an area where a portion of the facial nerve surfaces; and

    means for controlling the temperature of said cheek-engaging means in a range sufficiently low to induce dive reflex by the application of cold stimulus to said facial nerve, said temperature-controlling means including means for monitoring the pulse-rate of said person, said temperature-controlling means further including means responsive to said pulse-rate means for lowering the temperature of said cheek-engaging means when said pulse-rate exceeds a preselected value and for raising the temperature of said cheek-engaging means when said pulse-rate falls below said preselected value to maintain said pulse-rate at or near said preselected value.

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