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Brain resuscitation device and method for performing the same

  • US 5,149,321 A
  • Filed: 10/10/1990
  • Issued: 09/22/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of treating anoxic or ischemic brain and associated nervous tissue injury comprising:

  • a. establishing an artificial circulation in a patient'"'"'s circulatory system by cathertizing said patient at an injection point;

    b. driving the brain into a comatose state by introducing barbiturates through said catheter;

    c. oxygenating the brain by introducing oxygen carrying agents through said catheter;

    d. lowering the brain temperature by introducing cooled fluid through said catheter, said cooled fluid being at a temperature below body temperature;

    e. inhibiting free radical damage by introducing free radical scavengers through said catheter;

    whereby metabolic rates of said tissues are slowed during treatment and said patient remains substantially neurologically intact.

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