Patents Assigned to University of Chicago Office of Technology Transfer
  • METHOD FOR INDUCING HYPOTHERMIA
    Publication number: 20090125087
    Abstract: Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: University of Chicago Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Lance B. Becker, Terry Vanden Hoek, Kenneth E. Kasza
  • Method for inducing hypothermia
    Patent number: 7422601
    Abstract: Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: University of Chicago Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Lance B. Becker, Terry Vanden Hoek, Kenneth E. Kasza
  • Method for inducing hypothermia
    Patent number: 6962601
    Abstract: Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: University of Chicago Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Lance B. Becker, Terry Vanden Hoek, Kenneth E. Kasza