A therapeutic cooling and/or compression system, configured to cool a body portion, comprises a conformal covering for covering the body portion configured to extract heat energy from the body portion, a sensor device within the conformal covering for sensing a parameter of the body portion, an actuator configured for changing an amount of heat energy extracted from the body portion, and a control unit configured for regulating the actuator responsive to control input from the sensor device. The system may be portable, enabling a patient to walk while undergoing treatment.

Devices, systems, and methods herein relate to cooling a head of a patient. These systems and methods may comprise a cooling cap assembly comprising a heat exchanger configured to be wrapped around a head of a patient and a compression assembly releasably coupled to the heat exchanger. The compression assembly may comprise an enclosure and an inflatable member coupled to an internal surface of the enclosure. When coupled, the inflatable member may be positioned between the enclosure and the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may be separate from and moveable relative to the inflatable member.

An intravital cooling device is for cooling a target site in a living body and includes: a heat exchange part having a flow channel through which a refrigerant passes; and a flexible heat conduction sheet that is directly or indirectly connected to the heat exchange part and arranged to cover the target site, wherein the heat conduction sheet includes a living-body surface, which is a surface on the side that makes contact with the target site, and an outer surface, which is a surface opposite from the living-body surface.

An emergency management system having an ice water immersion bag capable of rapidly cooling an overheated individual body through its combination of elements, apertures, and capacity. An overheated individual is placed within the ice immersion bag, yet there body may still be accessed in the event of a medical emergency through the use of one of the many openings containing throughout the bag. The openings otherwise remain sealed and waterproof to prevent the ice water from escaping the bag, further effectuating ice water immersion to rapidly cool the overheated individual.

Apparatuses and methods for treating neurological and/or neuropsychiatric disorders are by application of thermal energy to the patient's forehead region, for example, by maintaining a target temperature or temperature range to the forehead of a patient for a time period. In particular, described herein are regional brain cooling mechanisms to treat neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and autism.

At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a configurable convective device, including two layers forming a pneumatic structure and an air-guide device. The pneumatic structure includes two portions and an inflatable channel connecting the two portions. In some cases, the air-guide device is disposed within or proximate to the inflatable channel and configured to direct flow of inflation medium when at least one of the two portions are bent.

Headache treatment methods are described and include providing, an energy delivery device; locating a secondary or higher-order branch of a postganglionic nerve that provides innervation for a patient's head, by identifying a target region of the patient's head that includes the nerve branch; positioning, within the target region, a portion of the energy delivery device; and applying, from the positioned portion of the energy delivery device to the target region, an amount of energy effective to result in a stimulation activity of the nerve branch; and, after observing the stimulated nerve branch activity, delivering, from the energy delivery device to the nerve branch, energy in an amount effective to reduce a headache severity in the patient.

The technology disclosed in the present specification relates to a nanoparticle providing medium for hyperthemia, and the nanoparticle providing medium for hyperthemia according to an embodiment may be formed so as to capture nanoparticles in a region or one or more divided regions and block contact between the nanoparticles and a body.

Apparatus and methods for accomplishing fluid drainage and localized cooling of the central nervous system broadly encompassing an intrathecal catheter assembly accomplishing drainage and cooling, and a console apparatus that may contain control, cooling, and drainage subsystems, and use thereof.

[Summary]

[Problem]

The therapy method and the therapy apparatus for difficult cancer such as ductal cancer and other diseases.

[Solution to problem]

The therapy and the apparatus to beat cancer and other diseases by injecting the material which is energy receptive from outside and emissive heat to cancer cells in the body of a patient, and giving energy from outside.