Claims
- 1. A method for treating fever comprising:
establishing a pathway for fluid communication for a treatment substance to flow in a closed loop through a patient's body without entering the bloodstream; engaging at least one fever characteristic sensor with the patient; receiving signals from the sensor at a controller; using the controller to control at least one of: temperature, and flow, of the treatment substance to counter fever in the patient.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the controller counters fever by alleviating fever once the sensor indicates that the patient is febrile.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the controller counters fever by prophylactically preventing a febrile episode.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/396,200 entitled Automatic Fever Abatement System, filed on Sep. 15, 1999, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
Continuations (1)
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09396200 |
Sep 1999 |
US |
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10188778 |
Jul 2002 |
US |