Quick cooling ThermoSuit may prevent brain damage in stroke patients – News from Tulane

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

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Dr. Justin Salerian, ThermoSuit co-inventor Robert Schock and Dr. Aimee Aysenne are leading a phase II clinical trial of ThermoSuit, which uses mild hypothermia to treat stroke patients. Not pictured is Dr. Robert Freedman, also a co-inventor of ThermoSuit. (Photo provided by Life Recovery Systems)

Tulane researchers are investigating therapeutic hypothermiaa method of cooling the body that often works for cardiac arrest patientsas a treatment for stroke. Dr. Justin Salerian, the new director of the Tulane Comprehensive Stroke Center, and his team are currently testing the Life Recovery System ThermoSuit in phase II trials. Were the first center in the world testing this device on stroke patients, said Salerian, who is working with Dr. Aimee Aysenne and ThermoSuit co-inventors Robert Schock and Dr. Robert Freedman in the trials.

This device is the first to use thin liquid convection to cool skin directly.

Dr. Justin Salerian, director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center

The patient stays inside ThermoSuit around half an hour; its cooling effects can last up to 24 hours after the patient has been treated.

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