Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for controlling body temperature and method thereof
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Application No.: US14606594Application Date: 2015-01-27
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Publication No.: US09717623B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Mitsushi Hyogo , Takayuki Mogi , Yoshihiro Takayanagi , Masahiro Echigo
- Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agent Konomi Takeshita
- Priority: JP2014-012691 20140127
- Main IPC: A61F7/00
- IPC: A61F7/00 ; A61F7/02

Abstract:
The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling body temperature of a patient during hypothermia treatment, comprising: a body trunk cooling unit having a first affixing portion to be applied on a surface of the trunk of a patient's body and for cooling the surface of the trunk of the patient's body; and a body peripheral part heating unit having a second affixing portion to be applied to the peripheral part of the patient's body and for heating the peripheral part of the body by utilizing exhaust heat from the body trunk cooling unit and suppressing activation of cold receptors of the skin of the patient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150209175A1 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BODY TEMPERATURE AND METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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