Patent ID: 8361132

Claim:
A system for affecting a temperature of a patient, the system comprises: a nasal catheter that is adapted to be inserted into a nose upper channel and to receive a first fluid; a temperature control and fluid supply unit that is adapted to supply the first fluid and control a temperature of the first fluid so as to affect a temperature of a brain of a patient when the nasal catheter is inserted into the nose upper channel of a patient and receives the first fluid; and a stomach catheter that is adapted to be inserted into a stomach of the patient and to receive a second fluid; wherein the temperature control and fluid supply unit is further adapted to supply the second fluid and control a temperature of the second fluid so as to affect a temperature of at least one organ that differs from the brain of the patient when the stomach catheter is inserted into the nose upper channel of the patient and receives the second fluid; wherein the temperature control and fluid supply unit is adapted to control temperatures of the first and second fluids so that during a first period of time, the stomach catheter and the nasal catheter cool organs of the patient and during a second period of time that followed the first period of time the nasal catheter cools the brain of the patient while the stomach catheter warms at least one other organ of the patient.