Device for cooling infant's brain

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A - Human Necessities

61

F

A61F 7/00 (2006.01) A61F 7/10 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2335624

A device for cooling an infant's brain includes a cooling liner that may be sandwiched between an outer padded cap and an inner elastic liner. The device fits closely over the infant's skull and is cooled by a recirculating cooling fluid passing through a serpentine conduit. One application for the device is to cool a newborn infant's brain that has suffered a hypoxic shock.

L'invention concerne un dispositif pour le refroidissement du cerveau d'un jeune enfant. Ledit dispositif est constitué d'une doublure de refroidissement pouvant être prise en sandwich entre un bonnet extérieur ouaté et une doublure intérieure élastique. Ledit dispositif s'adapte étroitement sur le crâne de l'enfant et est refroidi par le passage d'un fluide de refroidissement de recirculation dans un conduit en serpentin. Ledit dispositif sert, entre autres, à refroidir le cerveau d'un nouveau-né ayant subi un choc hypoxique.

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