Life Core Technologies' Excel Cerebral Cooling System
Therapeutic hypothermia company Life Core Technologies has received its first patents for a medical device that’s designed to cool the brain of patients who’ve suffered from heart attack, stroke and traumatic brain injury.
The three patents apply to the company’s first product, the Excel Cerebral Cooling System, which resembles a neck-immobilization collar and works via a proprietary chemical that can reach temperatures as low as 25 degrees Fahrenheit 20 seconds after activation.
“Being awarded the three patents for our product is a major milestone for Life Core Technologies,” said CEO Mike Burke. “These patents help protect our product, creating great value for Life Core and its customers. The carotid triangle is key to inducing rapid cerebral hypothermia and these patents provide significant rights related to cooling through this area.”
Burke, who was hired earlier this summer at Life Core, said in June that the company is hoping to close a $3 million series A round of investment. The company would use the funding to step up its marketing and add sales managers to work with outside companies that distribute Life Core’s device.
Life Core is selling the device through deals with nine U.S. and Canadian distributors.
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Have a look look into Brain Cooling and there seems to be some good medical evidence forming behind this treatment. Read their Blog page on the ThermaHelm brain cooling motorcycel helmet website there is a lot of factual information there. Firstly, you regulate your body temperature through your head and if you have a bruised brain that is bleeding and thus swelling, the polystyrene (one of the best insulators in the world and installed in walls of every refrigerator) prevents thermoregulation. It is logical that cold energy applied to any bruised tissue is beneficial, so why not your most critical damaged tissue. Brain Cooling is routinely used in my ICU for (TBI) Traumatic Brain Injured patients, so as a temporary salve pre-hospital admission during the critical Golden Hour make good sense. Dr Wang is the foremost expert on brain cooling and he agrees with this protocol. You may also notice that the helmet also calls EMS technicians and gives bloodtype, GPS coordinates and monitors heart rate through internal microphone until the ambulance arrives? Definitive science will eventually catch up and those who monitor/follow pioneers can have a survival edge. My two cents!
Comment by Jullian Preston-Powers — December 5, 2011 @ 8:34 am
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