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On Sunday 20 February 2005 1:44 am, Meir Weiss wrote:
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> . Cool idea
> Feb. 16: CNBC's Hampton Pearson reports on a Colorado-based company that
> is working on a new technology that offers stroke victims hope not just
> of survival--but of a better recovery.
> CNBC
>
>  Chilling treatment offers hope for stroke victims
> Special cooling pads show promise in saving lives
> PART 2 OF A 3-PART SERIES
> By Hampton Pearson
> D.C. Correspondent
> CNBC
> Updated: 6:00 p.m. ET Feb. 18, 2005About 700,000 Americans will suffer a
> stroke this year. That's one every 45 seconds. It is the No. 3 killer in
> the U.S. and the leading cause of long-term disability. The cost to the
> economy: more than $56 billion dollars a year.
>
> advertisement
>
> But one company is working to offer victims hope not just of survival -
> but of a better recovery using a "real cool" technology.
>
> Recovering stroke victim Baron McFarland and his wife Linda know he's
> lucky to be alive.
>
> "I feel very blessed that the technology was there," he said. "Without
> it I would have been dead."
>
> McFarland's odyssey began late last summer with a 911 call from the
> couple's rural La Plata, Md. home. Next stop was a nearby medical
> center, where an emergency room doctor told Linda her husband needed
> more help than he could offer.
>
> "He said, 'I just want to let you know that the situation that we have
> here is a very tough situation. You may lose your husband,'" she said.
>
>  CNBC FAST FORWARD: Medical Technology
> . Boot Camp for the brain slows aging
> . Chilling new treatment for strokes
> . Feb. 21: A doctor in the palm of your hand
>
> A helicopter flew McFarland to the Washington Hospital Center, one of
> the few trauma centers in the country equipped with a new high-tech,
> non-invasive device called the Arctic Sun. He was immediately hooked up,
> wrapped up, and cooled down.
>
> "This freezing situation on him, like ice, like he's frozen down and
> cold as I don't know what," said Linda McFarland.
>
> Controlled hypothermia
> Doctors say the procedure saved his life. The machine cools the body to
> as low as 91.4degrees and keeps it there sometimes for as long as 24
> hours. It's called controlled hypothermia.
>
> "The theory is that as you allow the brain to get cooler - or
> normothermic - then therefore the brain rests," said Dr. Dan Herr,
> Washington Hospital Center's Chief of Critical Care. "And the amount of
> damage that can progress from the stroke will be limited."
>
> Denver-based Medivance introduced the Arctic Sun in 2004 after six years
> of research and development - backed by $24 million dollars in venture
> capital. CEO Robert Kline said the system relies on several important
> advances, including a series of special "energy transfer pads."
>
> "We actually have thousands of little water paths within the pad itself
> that break up the water and keep it in constant motion," he said.
>
> Then there's the patented "magic" hydrogel.
>
> "If I put it on the back of my hand, where I have some hair, and pull it
> off, it does the same thing, very gently it won't pull hair," said
> Kline.
>
> Finally, there's the temperature control module, which at the push of a
> button manages the whole process.
>
> "The doctor doesn't even have to come in to the hospital, he just orders
> the equipment and the nurses actually implement the therapy," he said.
>
> That was a top-selling point for Herr at Washington Hospital Center.
> Seven months since moving the technology into his emergency room, he's
> seen two stroke patients and 10 cardiac victims come back from death's
> door.
>
> "We certainly have some good examples of patients that have had severe
> strokes - to the point that we would think that their neurological
> recovery would be nil - that have recovered," he said.
>
> Medivance sees a lot of "hot" opportunities to expand the market for
> this "cool" device.
>
> They include "neural trauma, cardiac trauma, fever management - all the
> conditions that exist in every major hospital throughout the world,"
> said Kline.
>
> Several other privately held companies are competing to come up with the
> best cooling treatment for stroke victims. Another hot market is the
> development of diagnostic tools designed to catch strokes before they
> strike.
>
> Analysts say Siemens, Philips, and General Electric, the parent company
> of CNBC, are all making big strides in this area.
>
> And finally carotid stents from the likes of Guidant, Boston Scientific,
> Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson are also playing a bigger role.
>
> CNBC producer Steve Lewis contributed to this report.
>
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