Patent ID: 8257268

Claim:
A treatment system for treating an infant previously diagnosed as predisposed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), the infant having a brainstem adjacent a back of a neck, comprising: a) an auditory stimulation system that reproduces a specific melodic and harmonic arrangement of tones in a mixolydian mode through at least one sound transducer to stimulate the auditory system of the infant; b) a monitoring system including, i) a heart rate monitor that monitors a heart rate of the infant, and ii) a first CO 2 monitor that measures a blood CO 2 of the infant; c) a warming system that maintains a body of the infant at a substantially constant core temperature; and d) a response system activated when the monitoring system indicates that there is a decrease in the heart rate and an increase in the blood CO 2 associated with activation of a diving reflex, the response system including, i) an oxygen delivery system to deliver inhalable oxygen to the infant, ii) an epinephrine delivery system to deliver inhalable epinephrine to the infant, and iii) a cooling system to cool a portion of the infant, wherein the warming system and the cooling system are integrated within a common suit for the infant, and a portion of the cooling system within the suit is located for placement at the back of the neck of the infant to sufficiently cool the brainstem of the infant to interrupt the diving reflex and to initiate a gasp reflex and thereby increase a partial pressure of oxygen in the blood of the infant.