This study presents a novel method to provide efficient patient temperature control for cooling or warming patients. A single use, triple lumen device is placed into the esophagus, analogous to a standard orogastric tube, and connects to existing heat exchange units to perform automatic patient temperature management.
Naiman, M. I., Gray, M., Haymore, J., Hegazy, A. F., Markota, A., Badjatia, N., Kulstad, E. B. Esophageal Heat Transfer for Patient Temperature Control and Targeted Temperature Management. J. Vis. Exp. (129), e56579, doi:10.3791/56579 (2017).