Patent ID: 6511502
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A method of cooling a patient's brain, comprising the steps of applying each of two hollow pads exclusively to an area of a patient's neck adjoining one of the carotid arteries so that when applied said hollow pads contact the areas exclusively adjacent to the carotid arteries and are spaced from one another; and supplying by liquid circulating means a cooling liquid from a cooling liquid source to a respective one of said pads and withdrawing liquid from the same pad, whereby the cooling liquid can circulate either through one of said pads independently from the other of said pads, or the cooling liquid can circulate through the other of said pads independently from one of said pads, or the cooling liquid can circulate through both said pads, to cool either one half of the brain, or another half of the brain, or both halves thereof.