Patent ID: 6702839
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,A61P

Abstract:
A method for reducing temperature of all or a portion of the body of a mammalian patient to a temperature at which the patient would exhibit a shivering response, said method comprising the steps of: (a) sensing the temperature of all or a portion of the patient's body; (b) generating a signal based upon said sensed temperature; (c) controlling the temperature of all or a portion of the patient's body based upon said signal; and (d) administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable preparation of an agent selected from the group consisting of;&agr;2-adrenoreceptor agonists, non-opiod analgesic monoamine uptake inhibitors, neuropeptides, nefopam, and anticonvulsant agents.