Class 607/106 - Blood

Subclass of Class 607 - Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Definition: Subject matter wherein means are applied to the body to directly modify
No. of patents: 195
Last issue date: 01/01/2013

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Number	Title	Issue Date
8343202	Method and device for patient temperature control employing optimized rewarming Embodiments of the invention provide a system for temperature control of the human body. The system includes an indwelling catheter with a tip-mounted heat transfer element. The catheter is fluidically coupled to a console that provides a heated or cooled heat trans...	01/01/2013
8038703	Selective organ cooling apparatus and method An endovascular heat transfer device which can have a smooth exterior surface, or a surface with ridges and grooves. The device can have a plurality of elongated, articulated segments, with each having such a surface. A flexible joint connects adjacent elongated, ar...	10/18/2011
8007525	Method for endovascular management of 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...	08/30/2011
7951183	Medical procedure The use of an intravascular cooling element to induce hypothermia in connection with a medical procedure. According to a first aspect of the present, invention, a coronary bypass procedure is conducted in which a patient's blood is oxygenated with the patient's lung...	05/31/2011
7922752	Method of making selective organ cooling catheter A heat transfer device has first and second elongated, articulated segments, each having a turbulence-inducing exterior surface. A flexible joint connects the first and second elongated, articulated segments. An inner coaxial lumen is disposed within the first and s...	04/12/2011
7914564	System and method for patient temperature control employing temperature projection algorithm Embodiments of the invention provide a system for temperature control of the human body. The system includes an indwelling catheter with a tip-mounted heat transfer element. The catheter is fluidically coupled to a console that provides a heated or cooled heat trans...	03/29/2011
7806915	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 med...	10/05/2010
7510569	Use of intravascular hypothermia during angioplasty procedures 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 ...	03/31/2009
7458984	System and method for inducing hypothermia with active patient temperature control employing catheter-mounted temperature sensor and temperature projection algorithm Embodiments of the invention provide a system for temperature control of the human body. The system includes an indwelling catheter with a tip-mounted heat transfer element. The catheter is fluidically coupled to a console that provides a heated or cooled heat trans...	12/02/2008
7425216	System and method for treating cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction A closed loop heat exchange catheter can be placed in a patient suffering from cardiac arrest or myocardial infarction to cool the patient. Or, a heat exchange pad can be placed against the patient's skin to cool the patient. Magnesium sulfate is infused into the pa...	09/16/2008
7422600	Method and apparatus for patient temperature control employing administration of anti-shivering agents Embodiments of the invention provide a system for temperature control of the human body. The system includes an indwelling catheter with a tip-mounted heat transfer element. The catheter is fluidically coupled to a console that provides a heated or cooled heat trans...	09/09/2008
7367988	Use of electromagnetic fields in cancer and other therapies Methods and apparatus are described for the treatment of diseases by exposures to electromagnetic fields. Also, apparatus is described for focusing the biological effectiveness of such fields on specific cells, tissues or organs of a human or animal body. ...	05/06/2008
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
7311725	Patient temperature regulation method and apparatus A device and method for providing body cooling. The cooling device applies cooling to blood flowing in a vena cavae that is then distributed throughout the body. The cooling can be assisted by use of thermoregulatory drugs or warming devices to prevent shivering and...	12/25/2007
7300453	System and method for inducing hypothermia with control and determination of catheter pressure Embodiments of the invention provide a system for temperature control of the human body. The system includes an indwelling catheter with a tip-mounted heat transfer element. The catheter is fluidically coupled to a console that provides a heated or cooled heat trans...	11/27/2007
7288109	Method of manufacturing a heat transfer element for in vivo cooling without undercuts An intravascular heat transfer device is provided with a mixing-inducing surface formed by an easily manufacturable process. The device can have a plurality of elongated, articulated segments, each having a mixing-inducing exterior surface. A flexible joint connects...	10/30/2007
7278984	System and method for controlling rate of heat exchange with patient A patient control system uses a patient-implanted catheter in thermal communication with a fluid bath via a circulating fluid circuit. A controller automatically controls the temperature of the fluid bath as required for selectively cooling or heating the patient in...	10/09/2007
7255709	Intravascular heat exchange catheter with temperature sensor An indwelling heat exchange catheter with integrated temperature sensor includes a catheter tube. A closed loop heat exchanger extends from the catheter tube. A temperature sensor can be integrally formed with the catheter tube such that it is insulated from the clo...	08/14/2007
7241307	Method and apparatus for managing temperature in a patient A fluid transfer assembly includes a fluid carrier and a heat exchange assembly coupled to the fluid carrier. The heat exchange assembly includes a heat exchange conduit, a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the heat exchange conduit, and a pump. The pump ...	07/10/2007
7238170	Warmer for medical treatment and its control method This invention prevents the danger of falling of body temperature by making the blood temperature similar to the body temperature in the injection of Ringer's solution fluid or blood transfusion, and also alleviates the patient's pain and improves the speed at which...	07/03/2007
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
7211105	Method for determining the effective thermal mass of a body or organ using a cooling catheter A method and apparatus is provided for determining an effective thermal mass of a patient. The effective thermal mass is employed to determine a gain factor used in a feedback control system controlling patient temperature. The method begins by inducing hypothermia ...	05/01/2007
7181927	Primary heat exchanger for patient temperature control A system for exchanging heat with primary coolant flowing through an intravascular catheter or externally-applied pad to warm or cool a patient. A secondary heat transfer element can be engaged with a primary heat transfer element and is not grounded when the primar...	02/27/2007
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
7156867	Uniform selective cerebral hypothermia Disclosed is an apparatus and method for uniform selective cerebral hypothermia. The apparatus includes a brain-cooling probe, a head-cooling cap, a body-heating device and a control console. The brain-cooling probe cools the cerebrospinal fluid within one or more b...	01/02/2007
7156824	System and method for delivering thermally sensitive and reverse-thermal gelation materials A catheter for injecting a thermally sensitive gelation material to remote sites within a patient's body by maintaining the thermally sensitive gelation material in a liquid state until it is delivered to a target area within the body. ...	01/02/2007
7150736	Cerebral perfusion augmentation Methods are provided for partial aortic obstruction for cerebral perfusion augmentation in patients suffering from global or focal cerebral ischemia. Alternatively, the methods can be used to partially obstruct aortic blood flow to condition the spinal cord to secre...	12/19/2006
7144364	Endoscopic arterial pumps for treatment of cardiac insufficiency and venous pumps for right-sided cardiac support Methods for using blood pumps to treat heart failure are disclosed. The pump is mounted on an interior of a stent, and the stent is releasably mounted on a distal end of a catheter. The distal end of the catheter is inserted into a peripheral artery and advanced to ...	12/05/2006
7144418	Method, and system for selective cerebral hypothermia Disclosed is a method and system for inducing selective cerebral hypothermia. The system includes a brain cooling device, a body warming device, and a control console. Brain cooling is accomplished with a ventricle catheter where cold fluid is circulated within one ...	12/05/2006
7101386	Patient temperature regulation method and apparatus A device and method for providing body cooling. The cooling device applies cooling to blood flowing in a vena cavae that is then distributed throughout the body. The cooling can be assisted by use of thermoregulatory drugs or warming devices to prevent shivering and...	09/05/2006
7101388	Cooling system for indwelling heat exchange catheter A system for exchanging heat with the body of a patient for cooling or warming the patient provides for automatic temperature control in accordance with the monitored temperature of the patient. The system comprises a temperature control module and temperature probe...	09/05/2006
7094253	Fever regulation method and apparatus A device and method for providing body cooling for treating fever. The cooling device applies cooling to blood flowing in a vein or artery, e.g., the vena cavae, that is then distributed throughout the body. ...	08/22/2006
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
7070612	System and method for bringing hypothermia rapidly onboard An intravenous heat exchange catheter and/or an external cooling pad/bladder can be used to maintain hypothermia in, e.g., a cardiac arrest patient, but to accelerate the cooling process the patient first can be infused with cold saline before the opportunity arises...	07/04/2006
7066947	Method of manufacturing a heat transfer element for in vivo cooling An intravascular heat transfer device is provided with a mixing-inducing surface formed by an easily manufacturable process. The device can have a plurality of elongated, articulated segments, each having a mixing-inducing exterior surface. A flexible joint connects...	06/27/2006
7066948	Selective organ cooling apparatus and method An endovascular heat transfer device which can have a smooth exterior surface, or a surface with ridges and grooves. The device can have a plurality of elongated, articulated segments, with each having such a surface. A flexible joint connects adjacent elongated, ar...	06/27/2006
7063718	Selective organ hypothermia method and apparatus A method and apparatus for performing hypothermia of a selected organ without significant effect on surrounding organs or other tissues. A flexible catheter is inserted through the vascular system of a patient to place the distal tip of the catheter in an artery fee...	06/20/2006
7052508	Inflatable heat transfer apparatus An apparatus having an inflatable balloon near a distal end of a multi-lumen catheter, with a plurality of blood flow passageways formed through the interior of the balloon from a proximal face of the inflated balloon to a distal face of the inflated balloon. A heat...	05/30/2006
7041098	Expandable vein ligator catheter and method of use A catheter includes a plurality of primary leads to deliver energy for ligating a hollow anatomical structure. Each of the primary leads includes an electrode located at the working end of the catheter. Separation is maintained between the primary leads such that ea...	05/09/2006

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