Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for hyperthermic cancer treatment. For example, a system can include a heat exchanger, a control module, a primary fluid delivery line (“FDL”), an intravenous catheter, and a peristaltic pump. The control module can include at least a hydraulic system configured to provide a temperature-controlled fluid. The primary FDL can be configured to convey the temperature-controlled fluid to the heat exchanger as a supply fluid and back to the hydraulic system as a return fluid. The intravenous catheter can include a primary lumen configured to convey blood of the patient to the heat exchanger as well as a secondary lumen configured to convey the blood back to the patient using the peristaltic pump. The catheter can also include a thermistor for determining a core body temperature of the patient to ensure the patient is in a hyperthermic state before administering a cancer treatment to the patient.

Abstract: An improved medical pad for contact thermal exchange with a patient includes a fluid circulation layer for containing a thermal exchange fluid circulatable therethrough, a first port and a second port for circulating the thermal exchange fluid in to and out of the fluid circulation layer, and a hydrogel layer interconnected to and extending across one side of the fluid circulation layer to define an adhesive surface for adherence to a patient's skin. The hydrogel layer can include an ultraviolet light-cured composition with a cross-linking copolymer, water, and glycerol. The hydrogel layer is provided to have a thermal conductivity of at least about 1.9 ca/hr-cm-° C.

Abstract: A restraint device includes a closable loop to circumscribe a wearer's limb and defining an inner opening having a plurality of sizes. An indicator scale is associated with the loop to indicate the size of the opening in a closed configuration. The size indicated by the indicator scale can be documented or recorded for future reference.

Abstract: An enhancement of approximately 100 of stimulated emission over spontaneous emission of the CVI 182 Angstrom line was obtained in a recombining magnetically confined plasma column. The plasma was formed by focusing a CO.sub.2 laser beam on a carbon disc. A magnetic solenoid produced a strong magnetic field which confined the plasma to the shape of a column. A single thin carbon blade extended parallel to the plasma column and served to make the column axially more uniform and also acted as a heat sink. Axial and transverse measurements of the soft X-ray lasing action were made from locations off-set from the central axis of the plasma column. Multiple carbon blades located at equal intervals around the plasma column were also found to produce acceptable results. According to another embodiment 10 a thin coating of aluminum or magnesium was placed on the carbon disc and blade. The Z of the coating should preferably be at least 5 greater than the Z of the target.