Patent ID: 9597226
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A system for treating sepsis, septic shock or other inflammatory conditions that give rise to multiple organ disfunction, said system comprising: a heat exchange catheter that is insertable into the subject's vasculature so as to exchange heat with blood flowing through the subject's vasculature thereby raising or lowering the subject's body temperature; a controller that is programmed to cause, or which receives operator commands to, i) cause the heat exchange catheter to lower the subject's body temperature to lowered temperature, ii) maintain said lowered temperature for a first period of time and iii) subsequently cause the heat exchange catheter to rewarm the subject's body temperature; at least one sensor that measures or monitors, during rewarming of the subject's body temperature, at least one variable that indicates whether further hypothermia is desirable, said sensor generating a signal representative of said at least one variable, said signal being transmitted to the controller; the controller being further programmed to continue rewarming, maintain or relower the subject's body temperature in response to the signal received from the sensor during rewarming.