Patent ID: 9622904
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A therapeutic collar for use by a patient with a brain injury having a neck and two carotid arteries and two vertebral arteries extending through the neck to anterior cerebral arteries, middle cerebral arteries, posterior cerebral arteries and a basilar artery in a brain, comprising an elongate body adapted for engaging the neck of the patient, the body being made from a flexible material for extending around at least a portion of the neck, a first plurality of two independently-controlled thermoelectric devices and a second plurality of two independently-controlled thermoelectric devices carried by the elongate body, the first plurality of two thermoelectric devices being spaced apart along the length of the elongate body from the second plurality of two thermoelectric devices so that the first plurality of two thermoelectric devices can overlie and selectively cool each of the two carotid arteries and the second plurality of two thermoelectric devices can overlie and selectively cool each of the two vertebral arteries when the elongate body is secured around the neck of the patient, the selective cooling of the two carotid arteries by the first plurality of two independently-controlled thermoelectric devices and the selective cooling of the two vertebral arteries by the second plurality of two independently-controlled thermoelectric devices when the elongate body is secured around the neck of the patient causing controlled cooling of the anterior cerebral arteries, the middle cerebral arteries, the posterior cerebral arteries and the basilar artery so as to induce hypothermia in the brain of the patient.