Abstract: A portable cooling device (100) for administering a coolant (133) to a bodily cavity (210) of a user (200) is presented. The portable cooling device (100) comprises a flow transducer (110) configured to provide an airflow (113) to the bodily cavity (210) of the user (200), and a pressure transducer (120) configured to inject the coolant (133) into the airflow (113). The flow transducer (110) and the pressure transducer (120) are separate components. A method of controlling the portable cooling device is also presented.

Abstract: A medical cooling device for reducing the body core temperature of a patient and a method for operating the same are provided. The cooling process provided by the medical cooling device is based on the state or degree of shivering of the patient.

Abstract: A shivering detection apparatus (100) for detecting shivering of a patient (150) is provided. The apparatus (100) comprises a control unit (110) operatively connected to a transmit unit (120), for transmitting a transmit signal (170) based on a reference signal (140) of a transmit frequency towards the patient (150). The control unit is further operatively connected to a receive unit (130), for receiving a receive signal (190) as a portion of a reflected signal (180) comprising a portion of the transmit signal (170) reflected by the patient (150). The control unit (110) is configured to compare the receive signal (190) to the reference signal (140) and to detect shivering of the patient (150) as differences between the receive signal (190) and the reference signal (140). An associated method and sensor head is also provided.

Abstract: A cooling system (1) for use in a non-invasive medical cooling process to cool at least one portion of the body of a person (2) by means of a cooling fluid flowing through a cooling pad (3), comprising a first pump 70, a fluid outlet conduit (20), a fluid inlet conduit (40 and; —a second pump (80) arranged to pump cooling fluid through a fluid bypass conduit (60) from the fluid inlet conduit (40) to the fluid outlet conduit (20), wherein—the cooling system (1) is arranged such that cooling fluid is transported from the tank (10) to the fluid outlet conduit (20) when the first pump (70) is operated and such that cooling fluid is transported from the fluid inlet conduit (40) to the fluid outlet conduit when the second pump (80) is operated.

Abstract: A mouth cooler is provided. The mouth cooler comprises a first peripheral cooling winding shaped and dimensioned to cool the lower and upper jaw, and at least one second cooling winding in arrangement with the peripheral cooling winding shaped and dimensioned to cool at least the blood entry to the tongue.

Abstract: A medical cooling device and a method for operating the same are provided.

Abstract: A cooling system (1) for use in a non-invasive medical cooling process to cool at least one portion of the body of a person (2) by means of a cooling fluid flowing through a cooling pad (3), comprising a first pump 70, a fluid outlet conduit (20), a fluid inlet conduit (40 and;—a second pump (80) arranged to pump cooling fluid through a fluid bypass conduit (60) from the fluid inlet conduit (40) to the fluid outlet conduit (20), wherein—the cooling system (1) is arranged such that cooling fluid is transported from the tank (10) to the fluid outlet conduit (20) when the first pump (70) is operated and such that cooling fluid is transported from the fluid inlet conduit (40) to the fluid outlet conduit when the second pump (80) is operated.

Abstract: A cooling system (10) for cooling at least one extremity, such as a finger or toe, or body part of a human is provided. The cooling system (10) comprises at least one malleable thermal conductive viscoelastic material (11), adapted to be formed into a homogenous body around and fully covering the at least one extremity or body part, thereby providing for a complete and continuous direct contact between the malleable thermal conductive viscoelastic material and the at least one extremity or body part. Moreover, the cooling system (10) comprises a cooling circuit (12) for providing cooling at least partly around said homogenous body of malleable thermal conductive viscoelastic material (11).

Abstract: Devices for cerebral and systemic cooling via a patient's nasopharyngeal cavity are described. Cooling assemblies include at least one elongate tubular member having first and second lumens, a source of liquid coolant, a gas source communicating with the first lumen, and a switch for alternately connecting the liquid coolant source to the second lumen. The first lumen transports a compressed gas and the second lumen transports a volatile liquid. The pressurized fluid may be a perfluorocarbon. The perfluorocarbon may be perfluorohexane, perfluoropentane, or 2-methyl-perfluoropentane. The gas may be air, oxygen, or a combination.

Abstract: A cooling pad is provided for use in a non-invasive medical cooling process for cooling at least one portion of the body of a person by means of a cooling fluid flowing through said cooling pad in use. The cooling pad comprises a bottom sheet and a top sheet and of flexible and fluid tight material. Moreover the cooling pad comprises at least one flow guide for guiding a portion of a flow of fluid in the flow channel towards an inner or outer wall thereof.

Abstract: A head cap for securing a cooling pad for conducting medical cooling of the head and neck of a patient is provided.

Abstract: A method for cerebral cooling is described using a cooling assembly, which includes first and second elongate tubular members adapted for insertion into a nasal cavity of a patient through the patient's nostrils. The elongate tubular members each have a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending therebetween, and a plurality of ports in fluid communication with the lumen. The cooling assembly also includes a manifold and a reservoir, which contains a pressurized fluid that includes a propellant having a boiling point less than 22° C. The elongate tubular members are inserted into the nasal cavity through the patient's nostrils and pressurized fluid is delivered onto a surface of the nasal cavity by infusing the pressurized fluid from the reservoir through the manifold, into the lumens and through the plurality of ports of the first and second elongate tubular members.

Abstract: Methods for cerebral cooling are described. Cooling assemblies include elongate tubular members, a reservoir containing a pressurized fluid, and a manifold connecting the reservoir and elongate tubular members. After insertion of the elongate tubular members into the patient's nostrils, a pressurized fluid is delivered onto a surface of the patient's nasal cavity through a plurality of ports in the elongate tubular members. The delivery of the fluid causes cooling by direct heat transfer through the nasopharynx and hematogenous cooling through the carotids and the Circle of Willis.

Abstract: A mouth cooler is provided. The mouth cooler comprises a first peripheral cooling winding shaped and dimensioned to cool the lower and upper jaw, and at least one second cooling winding in arrangement with the peripheral cooling winding shaped and dimensioned to cool at least the blood entry to the tongue.

Abstract: A medical cooling device and a method for operating the same are provided.

Abstract: A medical cooling device for reducing the body core temperature of a patient and a method for operating the same are provided. The cooling process provided by the medical cooling device is based on the state or degree of shivering of the patient.

Abstract: A method for cerebral cooling is described using a cooling assembly, which includes first and second elongate tubular members adapted for insertion into a nasal cavity of a patient through the patient's nostrils. The elongate tubular members each have a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending therebetween, and a plurality of ports in fluid communication with the lumen. The cooling assembly also includes a manifold and a reservoir, which contains a pressurized fluid that includes a propellant having a boiling point less than 22° C. The elongate tubular members are inserted into the nasal cavity through the patient's nostrils and pressurized fluid is delivered onto a surface of the nasal cavity by infusing the pressurized fluid from the reservoir through the manifold, into the lumens and through the plurality of ports of the first and second elongate tubular members.