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| 20120130458 | NEUROMODULATION CRYOTHERAPEUTIC DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lu... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120046718 | LOCALIZED HYPOTHERMIA TO TREAT WEIGHT DISORDERS Materials and Methods for producing localized hypothermia in a patient for treatment of a weight disorder (e.g., obesity).... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120029606 | Cooling device for use with heat-exchange catheter and method of use Devices, methods and systems for endovascular cooling of human or animal subjects are disclosed. A heat exchange catheter (12) having a heat exchanger (22) is attached to a source of a thermal exchange fluid (32) that circulates through the heat exc... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110319748 | Apparatus and Method for Cooling a Tissue Volume During Thermal Therapy Treatment An apparatus for cooling certain tissues in the vicinity of diseased or other tissue undergoing thermal treatment is disclosed. The present apparatus is configured and designed to have certain physical characteristics, e.g., certain acoustic and imaging responses. In so... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110307039 | Device, method and system for treatment of sinusitis A device, method and system for facilitating treatment of a sinusitis condition, including a heat source configured to deliver an output of heated air to the nasal passages of an individual, and a delivery component having a space through which the heated air output of ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110282418 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR COOLING SPINAL TISSUE Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for cooling tissue, and in particular for applying therapeutic hypothermia to the spinal canal, tissue disposed within the spinal canal, and nerve roots extending from the spinal canal. Bone screws, intervertebral implants, st... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275935 | Methods and Apparatus for Treating or Deterring Injuries to or Disorders of the Brain or Spinal Cord of a Subject Methods and apparatus for treating or deterring injuries to or disorders of the brain or spinal cord of a subject. A heat exchange catheter device is inserted into the subject's body and used to cause heating or cooling the subject's cerebrospinal fluid. In some embodim... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270368 | Heat Exchange Catheter System Closed loop heat exchange catheter systems and methods for preparing and using such systems wherein a reservoir or fluid bag is connected to the catheter system and used for at least priming of the system with a heat exchange fluid.... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264176 | HOT TIP VEIN THERAPY DEVICE Methods and apparatus for generating vapor within a catheter are provided which may include any number of features. One feature is generating vapor with an electrode array within a catheter. Another feature is sensing an impedance of the electrode array, and adjusting t... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110224761 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING BIOLOGICAL TISSUE Exemplary embodiments of apparatus and method for tissue cooling using a plurality of hollow needles to deliver a cooled fluid into the tissue can be provided. For example, a volume and/or temperature of the fluid can be controlled to cool the tissue to a particular tem... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110184501 | Portable Fluid Warming System The present invention relates to a portable apparatus for warming biocompatible fluids for use in the treatment of injured patients and a method of heating a biocompatible fluid to treat a patient experiencing hypothermia. The present invention may be used to warm intra... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110166633 | METHOD OF 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 shaft o... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110137248 | TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BURN PATIENTS Intravascular closed loop heat exchange catheters are used to manage temperature in burn patients.... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110130811 | Devices and Methods For Controlling Patient Temperature Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through es... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110125232 | Hyperthermia, system, method, and components An IV pole mountable, therapeutic infusate processing device is incorporated into a hypothermia system to receive therapeutic fluid(s), such as normal saline, peritioneal dialysis solution, or other crystalloid solution, to heat such therapeutic fluid(s) a few degrees c... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110125233 | TISSUE COOLING APPARATUS An apparatus for cooling a tissue is provided, which includes a temperature control module, a hypothermic catheter, and a cooling member. The temperature control module includes a regulation unit, a temperature sensor, a processor, a display unit, and a refrigerator. Th... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110125234 | Devices and Methods For Controlling Patient Temperature Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through es... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110125053 | Devices and Methods For Controlling Patient Temperature Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through es... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110077628 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE An instrument and method for tissue thermotherapy including an inductive heating means to generate a vapor phase media that is used for interstitial, intraluminal, intracavity or topical tissue treatment. In one method, the vapor phase media is propagated from a probe o... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110054575 | 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 cat... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110046547 | Device for the Extravascular Recirculation of Liquid in Body Cavities Biocompatible liquid is pumped into a body cavity (e.g., subarachnoid space, peritoneum, mediastinum, pleural space) by means of one pump and removed from it by means a second pump, preferably via a double-barreled catheter is used for insertion and removal of the liqui... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046705 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING URINARY TRACT DISORDERS A method, device, and system for treatment of urinary tract disorders is provided. The device includes a catheter having multiple lumens for insertion into a urinary bladder and for providing fluid flow within the bladder and within the fluid reservoir within the urethr... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040359 | PORTABLE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF HEAT EXCHANGE IN THE LUNGS OF A MAMMAL An apparatus and method for the delivery and removal of a biocompatible liquid to and from the lungs of a mammal, comprising an ice water container adapted for containing ice water; a biocompatible liquid tank disposed within the ice water container, with the tank adapt... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110034975 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING INTERVERTEBRAL DISC COMPONENTS AND PROMOTING HEALING Disclosed embodiments provide for treatment of the anulus fibrosus (AF) and intevertebral disc (IVD), including herniated discs, anular tears of the disc, or disc degeneration, while enabling surgeons to contain blood, fluid, proteins, or other materials that are placed... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028938 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF MIGRAINES Methods for treating a migraine by cooling a patient's nasopharyngeal cavity are described. In one method, a cooling assembly is inserted into a nasal cavity through a patient's nostril. The cooling assembly includes a flexible balloon defining a chamber and a first elo... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029050 | INTRA-VENTRICULAR BRAIN COOLING CATHETER A method for cooling of a brain with localized hypothermia allowing for maintenance of the core body temperature is achieved by positioning a cooling catheter within a ventricular cavity of the brain. The cooling catheter includes an inlet channel and an outlet channel ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022136 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER FROM A BODY 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 medium ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100324635 | RAPID COOLING OF BODY AND/OR BRAIN BY IRRIGATING WITH A COOLING LIQUID Methods and devices are disclosed for providing therapeutic hypothermia using irrigation of the aerodigestive tract with cooled liquids. The disclosed method provides much more rapid therapeutic cooling to lower temperatures than could previously be achieved, thereby im... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100312315 | Apparatus and Method for Cooling the Brain Using a Gas Apparatus for cooling the brain comprises a pernasal intubation tube for insertion through one of the nostrils of a patient requiring brain cooling, an inflatable occluder provided on the tube to occlude the nasopharynx of the patient behind the soft palate of the patie... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100298771 | SYSTEM FOR CHEMOHYPERTHERMIA TREATMENT A chemohyperthermia treatment system includes a reservoir for storing fluid, a heating/cooling system coupled to the reservoir so that the fluid can be transferred from the reservoir to the heating system, wherein the heating/cooling system comprises a heating/cooling e... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100292764 | LAPAROSCOPIC KIDNEY COOLING SHEATH A device (100) and method for achieving localised hypothermia during laparoscopic surgery comprises a sheath portion (101) in the form of a flexible bag-like shape which is shaped and sized so that it substantially surrounds the organ of interest in use. T... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100292766 | HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER WITH MULTI-LUMEN TUBE HAVING A FLUID RETURN PASSAGEWAY The catheter includes a multi-lumen tube having an outflow portion and an accessory portion. The accessory portion is integrally formed within an interior volume of the outflow portion. The accessory portion has a cross-section smaller than the outflow portion. The outf... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100292765 | Apparatus and Method for Cooling the Brain Using a Liquid Apparatus for cooling the brain comprises a pernasal intubation tube for insertion through one of the nostrils of a patient requiring brain cooling; an inflatable occluder provided the tube for inflation to occlude the nasopharynx of the patient behind the soft palate o... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100262137 | COOLED ANTENNA FOR DEVICE INSERTABLE INTO A BODY A device for treating tissue, via a cooled antenna, within a body is described.... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100256713 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF HOLLOW ORGANS Minimally invasive apparatus and method for treating medical conditions of hollow organs. The treatment apparatus and method provide for delivery of energy from fluid sources of energy to the interior surface of the hollow organ in contact with the underlying glands, ne... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100256714 | BRONCHOSCOPIC LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION METHOD A method of minimally invasively reducing a volume of a hyper-inflated target section of diseased lung comprising the steps of introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position adjacent the target section and equilibrating air within the target section wi... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100234928 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PROLONGATION OF THE VIABILITY OF A DONOR ORGAN For post-mortem prolongation of the viability of an organ (7, 8, 50, 51) in a donor body, a flow of a solution is introduced from outside the body between a pair of barriers (21, 22) and a return flow including previously introduced quantities of the solut... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100222854 | APPARATUSES FOR INHIBITING RENAL NERVE ACTIVITY VIA AN INTRA-TO-EXTRAVASCULAR APPROACH Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation. Thermally-induced renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal energy to heat or cool neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of va... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100217361 | Devices and Methods For Controlling Patient Temperature Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through es... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100211140 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR NON-INVASIVE CEREBRAL AND SYSTEMIC COOLING A method for providing and adjusting cerebral cooling in response to changes in a physiological parameter. A spray having a boiling point between 38-300° C. is delivered to the surface of a patient's nasal cavities. The spray causes cooling by direct heat transfer thro... | 08/19/2010 |
