Patent ID: 11938055
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A method for treatment of a nervous system, the method comprising:
providing a flexible catheter including two lumens adapted to allow a fluid to circulate therein in a closed loop within the flexible catheter, and a drainage lumen having one or more ports at a distal end of the flexible catheter which communicate with an environment outside the flexible catheter, the flexible catheter being adapted to be connected to a device for cooling and circulating the fluid;
inserting the flexible catheter into a spine to place a portion of the flexible catheter in a cerebrospinal fluid space;
cooling cerebrospinal fluid in the spine with the flexible catheter to enable selective cooling of a nervous system;
draining cerebrospinal fluid through the drainage lumen in the flexible catheter to decrease pressure in the nervous system;
monitoring a functional status of thoracic spinal cord evoked potentials of the nervous system;
monitoring a functional status of cervical spinal cord evoked potentials of the nervous system; and
modifying the treatment of the nervous system to adjust for any change in the functional status of the thoracic spinal cord evoked potentials of the nervous system relative to the functional status of the cervical spinal cord evoked potentials of the nervous system.