Patent ID: 8343202
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of rewarming a patient following a stroke comprising: covering a patient with a heating blanket set to a temperature of between about 38° C. and 43° C.; inserting a heat transfer element into a vein of the patient; circulating a working fluid through the heat transfer element; sensing a patient temperature using a bladder probe; controlling the patient temperature such that the patient temperature rises to greater than about 36° C. over a period of time between about 6 hours to about 24 hours; if the patient is experiencing shivering during the controlled rewarm, administering an antishivering drug; and rewarming the patient to normothermia using the active heating blanket, wherein the heat transfer element includes a straight lumen surrounded by a helical lumen, wherein the heat transfer element includes at least two heat transfer segments separated by a bellows.