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The intra-arterial selective cooling infusion system: A mathematical temperature analysis and in vitro experiments
Miaowen Jiang1,2, Ming Li2, Yuan Gao1
1School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Introduction:
The neuroprotection of acute ischemic stroke patients can be achieved by intra-arterial selective cooling infusion using cold saline, which can decrease brain temperature without influencing the body core temperature. This approach can lead to high burdens on the heart and decreased hematocrit in the scenario of loading a high amount of liquid for longtime usage. Therefore, autologous blood is utilized as perfusate to circumvent those side effects.
Methods:
In this study, a prototype instrument with an autologous blood cooling system was developed and further evaluated by a mathematical model for brain temperature estimation.
Results:
Hypothermia could be achieved due to the adequate cooling capacity of the prototype system, which could provide the lowest cooling temperature into the blood vessel of 10.5°C at 25 rpm (209.7 ± 0.8 ml/min). And, the core body temperature did not alter significantly (-0.7 ~ -0.2°C) after 1-h perfusion. The cooling rate and temperature distributions of the brain were analyzed, which showed a 2°C decrease within the initial 5 min infusion by 44 ml/min and 13.7°C perfusate.
Conclusion:
This prototype instrument system could safely cool simulated blood in vitro and reperfuse it to the target cerebral blood vessel. This technique could promote the clinical application of an autologous blood perfusion system for stroke therapy.
