Device for hypothermic therapy based on fuzzy logic rules

Abstract

Hypothermia for therapeutic purposes is used for its cooling effect on some areas of patient‘s body, in order to reduce the risk of ischemic tissue trauma after a period of insufficient blood supply [1]. Period of insufficient supply with blood may be caused by heart failure or blockage of arteries when an embolism occurs, as it is usually happens after a stroke. Studies have shown that patients under risk for ischemic brain injury present better results using hypothermic methods of treatment [2]. This studies where focused on researching ischemic accidents that unlike usual strokes reduces coagulation threshold. This researches shown that hypothermia used in therapeutical purposes has a neuroprotective effect [3].