TECHNIQUE TO USE THERMAL FLOW IN THE BRAIN TO TREAT BRAIN DISORDERS.

摘要

Implantable apparatus for carrying out heat transfer from brain tissue comprising: a thermal pump (1) having one or more activity detection elements (3, 4) and one or more temperature sensing elements (18) adapted to be in contact with a predetermined portion of the brain; a heat transfer treatment unit (8) having a microcontroller (22) connected to said one or more activity detection elements and one or more temperature detection elements, and a cable harness (7) that connects the heat transfer treatment unit to the thermal pump (1); so that in response to the signals from one or more activity detection elements, the mathematical algorithms of the heat transfer treatment unit determine an abnormal brain activity, causing the thermal pump to remove heat from the brain tissue and introduce it in a heat sink (9), where said heat pump uses Peltier joints to achieve heat transfer.