System and Method For Cooling The Brain of a Human Subject

    公开(公告)号:US20190209365A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-11

    申请号:US16242527

    申请日:2019-01-08

    申请人: Vivonics, Inc.

    摘要: A system for cooling the brain of a human subject, the system including a cooling subsystem configured to input a flow of air or breathable gas, cool the air or breathable gas, and output cooled air or breathable gas to a line coupled to a device adapted to deliver the cooled air or breathable gas to a human subject. A flow control device coupled to the cooling subsystem is configured to control a flow rate of the flow of the air or breathable gas input to the cooling subsystem and a flow rate of the cooled air or breathable gas output to the line. One or more flow rate sensors coupled to the cooling subsystem are configured to measure at least a flow rate of flow of cooled air or breathable gas. One or more temperature sensors are configured to measure at least a temperature of a brain or a brain correlative site of the human subject and the temperature of the flow of cooled air or breathable gas. A controller is coupled to the cooling subsystem, the flow control device, the one or more flow rate sensors, and the one or more temperature sensors and is configured to adjust a cooling rate, the temperature, and the flow rate of flow of cooled air or breathable gas delivered to the human subject based on at least the measured temperature of the brain or the brain correlative site and the measured flow rate of the flow of cooled air or breathable gas to cool the brain of the human subject.

    Connecting-system kit for a respiratory humidifier

    公开(公告)号:US09937316B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-10

    申请号:US15392109

    申请日:2016-12-28

    摘要: A liquid-container/ventilation-tube kit for a ventilation system that includes (a) a ventilator, (b) a respiratory humidifier having a housing and a liquid container, the housing having a pair of first electrical contact elements, (c) a first inhalation tube extending from the respiratory humidifier to a Y-piece, (d) a second inhalation tube extending from the ventilator to the respiratory humidifier, and (e) an exhalation tube extending from the Y-piece to the ventilator, the kit including the liquid container having a pair of first connection elements for removable connection of the first and second inhalation tubes thereto, and a pair of second connection elements each attached to a respective one of the first and second inhalation tubes and by which each of the inhalation tubes is pneumatically connected to a respective one of the first connection elements along a first connecting direction, each second connection element having a second electrical contact element that is positioned and arranged such that electrical connection with a respective one of the first electrical contact elements is possible in both of two ways, one when the pneumatic connection of the respective ventilation tube to the liquid container is effected after the liquid container has been inserted into the housing and the other when the liquid container is inserted into the housing after the pneumatic connection of the ventilation tubes to the liquid container has been effected.