PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for monitoring a temperature without inserting a sensor into a living body in order to detect the temperature of the human epidural space when cooling the spinal cord by inserting a cooling catheter into human epidural space.SOLUTION: The system for monitoring the temperature when cooling the epidural space is provided with a cooling catheter 1 for cooling the spinal cord which is inserted into the epidural space a pump 2 a heat exchanger 3 and a cooling device 4. The system comprises an entrance temperature detection means 6 which measures the temperature of a perfusion fluid 9 which flows in the cooling catheter 1, an exit temperature detection means 7 which measures the temperature of a perfusion fluid 9 which flows out of the cooling catheter 1 a flow detection means 5 which detects the flow of the perfusion fluid 9 and a temperature estimation means 8 which estimates the temperature of the epidural space into which the cooling catheter 1 is inserted from the value of each temperature of the perfusion fluid 9 detected by the respective detection means and the value of the flow of the perfusion fluid.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】ヒト硬膜外腔に冷却用のカテーテルを入れ脊髄を冷却する際に、硬膜外腔の温度検知のため生体内に温度センサを入れずに、温度をモニタする方法を提供する。【解決手段】硬膜外腔に挿入される脊髄冷却用の冷却カテーテル1、ポンプ2,熱交換器3、冷却機4を備え、冷却カテーテル1に流入する潅流液9の温度を測定する入口温度検出手段6と、冷却カテーテル1から流出する潅流液9の温度を測定する出口温度検出手段7、潅流液9の流量を検出する流量検出手段5、および前記の各検出手段により検出される潅流液9の各温度の値と潅流液流量の値から冷却カテーテル1が挿入されている硬膜外腔温度を推定する温度推定手段8とを有する硬膜外腔冷却時の温度モニターシステム。【選択図】図1
