Office of Technology Management
Method of Treating
a Non-penetrating Head Wound with Hypothermia
Summary:
A
method of treating severe brain trauma with hypothermia includes the introduction
of specified medication to reduce the risk of cardiac arrhythmia and other
malfunctions that may result from the brain trauma or the hypothermia.
The method further includes a protocol for the treatment that defines time,
temperature, rate of change of temperature, and the timing of the introduction
of medications. Finally, rigidly controlled rewarming reduces the
incidence of rewarming shock in recovering patients.
Technology Status:
This
patent is available for licensing from UT-Houston Health Science Center.
Patent
No. 5,486,204
Dr.
Guy Clifton