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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311724 | Method for controlling a patient's body temperature The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling the internal body temperature of a patient. According to the present invention, a catheter is inserted through an incision into a large blood vessel of a patient. By selectively heating or cooling... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7258662 | Method and system for control of a patient's body temperature by way of transluminally insertable heat exchange catheter Methods and apparatuses for temperature modification of a patient, or selected regions thereof, including an induced state of hypothermia. The temperature modification is accomplished using an in-dwelling heat exchange catheter within which a fluid heat exchange med... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247165 | Disposable cassette for intravenous heat exchange catheter A heat exchange fluid supply system for supplying a heat exchange fluid to an intravascular heat exchange catheter includes a disposable cassette having a bulkhead and an external heat exchanger, and which is configured to operate in combination with a reusable mast... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238166 | Moving heat exchange catheter system A catheter system for controlling the body temperature of a patient by modifying the temperature of blood flowing within a blood vessel of the patient. The catheter system comprises a catheter body having a heat exchange region in contact with the blood; and a mecha... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7217282 | Methods and apparatus for regional and whole body temperature modification Methods and apparatus for temperature modification of selected body regions including an induced state of local hypothermia of the brain region for neuroprotection. A heat exchange catheter is provided with heat transfer fins projecting or extending outward from the... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7186222 | Vascular introducer with temperature monitoring probe and systems for endovascular temperature control An introducer sheath/temperature probe assembly that is insertable into a blood vessel of a human or veterinary patent to measure the temperature of blood flowing through that blood vessel. The introducer sheath/temperature probe assembly may be used in conjunction ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175649 | Method and system for control of a patient's body temperature by way of transluminally insertable heat exchange catheter Methods and apparatuses for temperature modification of a patient, or selected regions thereof, including an induced state of hypothermia. The temperature modification is accomplished using an in-dwelling heat exchange catheter within which a fluid heat exchange med... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172586 | Method of inotropic treatment of circulatory failure using hypothermia A method for treating cardiac failure such as congestive heart failure by application of hypothermia. Hypothermia may be applied by endovascular cooling using a heat exchange catheter circulating heat exchange fluid between an external heat exchanger controlled usin... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7087026 | Devices and methods for measuring blood flow rate or cardiac output and for heating or cooling the body Heat exchanger-equipped catheters and related methods that are useable for changing or maintaining at least a portion of the body of a human or veterinary patient at a desired temperature and for the measurement of cardiac output or blood flow rate within a blood ve... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077825 | Method for gastric cooling using balloon catheter A balloon catheter is used in a closed-loop heat exchange system for manipulating the temperature of a patient. The balloon catheter is positioned in the stomach of the patient, and then expanded with a heat exchange fluid delivered through a lumen formed in the sha... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7008444 | Method of controlling body temperature while reducing shivering A method and apparatus for lowering the body temperature of a patient while reducing shivering by using a heat exchange device in combination with an α2-adrenoreceptor agonist, a non-opiod analgesic monoamine uptake inhibitor or neuropeptide that temporarily reduce... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997942 | Disposable cassette for intravascular heat exchange catheter A heat exchange fluid supply system for supplying a heat exchange fluid to an intravascular heat exchange catheter includes a disposable cassette having a bulkhead and an external heat exchanger, and which is configured to operate in combination with a reusable mast... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6890347 | Disposable cassette for intravascular heat exchange catheter A heat exchange fluid supply system for supplying a heat exchange fluid to an intravascular heat exchange catheter includes a disposable cassette having a bulkhead and an external heat exchanger, and which is configured to operate in combination with a reusable mast... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6887263 | Valved connector assembly and sterility barriers for heat exchange catheters and other closed loop catheters A connector assembly for catheters having closed loop flow circuits, such as some balloon catheters and heat exchange catheters. The connector assembly comprises first and second connector bodies that may be connected and disconnected from one another. When the conn... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6866638 | Temperature sensing system with retrograde sensor A temperature sensing system and method for determining a patient's core body temperature by measuring the temperature of the patient's blood at a location in a vessel lumen retrograde of an insertion point of a temperature sensor or sensors into the vessel lumen. | 03/15/2005 |
| 6849083 | Method and apparatus for controlling a patients's body temperature by in situ blood temperature modification The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling the internal body temperature of a patient. According to the present invention, a catheter is inserted through an incision into a large blood vessel of a patient. By selectively heating or cooling... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6811551 | Method for reducing myocardial infarct by application of intravascular hypothermia Methods and apparatus for preventing myocardial infarction, or lessening the size/severity of an evolving myocardial infarction, by cooling at least the affected area of the myocardium using an intravascular heat exchange catheter. The heat exchange catheter may be ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6800068 | Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation with concurrent hypothermia Devices, systems and methods for treating disorders characterized by low cardiac output. The devices, systems and methods use intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in combination with hypothermia of all or a portion of a human or veterinary patient's body to improve... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6752786 | Moving heat exchange catheter system A catheter system for controlling the body temperature of a patient by modifying the temperature of blood flowing within a blood vessel of the patient. The catheter system comprises a catheter body having a heat exchange region in contact with the blood; and a mecha... | 06/22/2004 |
