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Surgery: Light, Thermal, And Electrical Application > Light, Thermal, And Electrical Application > Thermal Applicators > With Fluid Supply > Internally Applied Internally AppliedInternally Applied patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/07/06 - 20060276865 - 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. ... 12/07/06 - 20060276864 - Systems and methods for sensing patient temperature in temperature management system Various methods are disclosed for measuring patient temperature for input as a feedback signal into a temperature management system. ... 11/23/06 - 20060265036 - Variable stiffness heating catheter The variable stiffness heating catheter includes a heating catheter shaft including at least one electrically conductive member, a reinforcing tube with apertures formed around the surface of the reinforcing tube, and at least one coaxial outer layer of a polymer, metal, or both for providing desired variations in stiffness along ... 11/02/06 - 20060247744 - 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 adjacent elongated, articulated segments. The device may be conveniently formed, e.g., by vapor ... 09/07/06 - 20060200215 - 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 patient. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190066 - System and method for bringing hypothermia rapidly onboard An intravenous heat exchange catheter and/or an external cooling pad 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 to connect the catheter or pad to the patient. ... 07/20/06 - 20060161232 - Phase-change particulate ice slurry coolant medical delivery tubing and insertion devices Various systems for delivering phase-change particulate ice slurries to targeted areas or organs of a patient are provided. Systems for delivering phase-change particulate ice slurries include a slurry reservoir and a conduit for delivering slurry from the reservoir to the patient. The conduit may include multiple components, including a section ... 06/29/06 - 20060142827 - Targeted cooling of tissue within a body Devices and methods to cool a target tissue region inside the body are described. Fluid cooled below normal body temperature and blood at a normal body temperature are provided to the tissue region in proportions to cool the tissue region. A system for controlling the temperature of the target tissue ... 06/29/06 - 20060142826 - Targeted cooling of tissue within a body Devices and methods to cool a target tissue region inside the body are described. Fluid cooled below normal body temperature and blood at a normal body temperature are provided to the tissue region in proportions to cool the tissue region. A system for controlling the temperature of the target tissue ... 06/22/06 - 20060136023 - 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 transfer working fluid to exchange heat with the heat ... 06/08/06 - 20060122674 - 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 urethra. The device further includes an anchor to ... 06/08/06 - 20060122673 - System and method for determining and controlling core body temperature Systems and methods for accurate temperature modification of a patient, or selected regions thereof, including inducing hypothermia. The temperature modification is accomplished using an in-dwelling heat exchange catheter within which a fluid heat exchange medium circulates. A heat exchange cassette attached to the circulatory flow lines of the catheter, the ... 05/04/06 - 20060095104 - 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 transfer working fluid to exchange heat with the heat ... 04/27/06 - 20060089689 - Method and device for local cooling within an organ using an intravascular device A method is disclosed for cooling a limited portion of a body organ by placing a cooling device into a blood vessel within a target organ; and activating the cooling device to cool tissue proximate the cooling device to a temperature below +34 degrees Centigrade. The blood vessel can be ... 03/23/06 - 20060064146 - Heating/cooling system for indwelling heat exchange catheter A cooling system for an indwelling heat exchange catheter includes a heat exchange bath that is configured to receive a conduit that carries saline to and from the catheter. A heating/cooling fluid is in the bath and exchanges heat with the saline. A pump circulates the patient coolant to and ... 03/16/06 - 20060058859 - Cooling catheter and method with adjunctive therapy capability A system and method for cooling blood is described. One embodiment includes a tube configured to be inserted into a blood vessel; a blood-conveyance pathway located inside the tube; a blood inlet configured to allow blood to enter the blood-conveyance pathway from the blood vessel; a blood outlet configured to ... 03/09/06 - 20060052854 - Cerebral temperature control The present invention relates to a method and equipment for controlling the temperature of the brain or brain hemisphere. More specifically the present invention refers to a method and equipment for quick and efficient control of the temperature of the brain and for maintaining a low temperature in the brain. ... 02/16/06 - 20060036302 - Methods of inducing protective hypothermia of organs Methods of inducing protective hypothermia of an organ are described that include delivering a phase-change particulate slurry to at least a portion of the organ; and reducing a temperature of the organ through heat exchange with the phase-change particulate slurry. Therapeutically acceptable duration of artificially-induced ischemia of the organ is ... 02/02/06 - 20060025839 - System and method using the rectal mucosal membrane for inducing hypothermia and warming A system and method for cooling and warming the central nervous system of a patient comprises a delivery tube with one of the ends couplable to a supply of fluid. A head structure is coupled to the other end of the delivery tube and cooling or warming fluid is directed ... 01/19/06 - 20060015162 - Method to treat gastric reflux via the detection and ablation of gastro-esophageal nerves and receptors A method of treating a sphincter provides a sphincter electropotential mapping device with at least one of a mapping electrode or a treatment electrode. The sphincter electropotential mapping device is introduced into at least a portion of the sphincter, the lower esophageal sphincter, stomach, the cardia or the fundus. Bioelectric ... 12/15/05 - 20050278007 - Determining connections of multiple energy sources and energy delivery devices A method and system are disclosed for the mapping of energy delivery devices to energy sources. Energy capable of affecting a measurable property of the system is delivered through the energy delivery devices from the energy sources. A change in a property when the energy is delivered is measured using ... 12/08/05 - 20050273144 - Method and device for reducing secondary brain injury Disclosed is an apparatus and method for reducing secondary brain injury. The apparatus includes a brain-cooling probe and a control console. The brain-cooling probe cools the brain to prevent secondary injury by cooling the cerebrospinal fluid within one or more brain ventricles. The brain-cooling probe withdraws a small amount of ... 10/27/05 - 20050240250 - 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 feeding the selected organ. A compressed refrigerant ... 10/06/05 - 20050222653 - Indwelling heat exchange catheter and method of using same A catheter is adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid, such as blood, flowing in a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. The catheter includes a shaft with a heat exchange region disposed at its distal end. This region may include hollow fibers which are adapted to receive ... 10/06/05 - 20050222652 - Catheter for topical cooling and topical cooling device using the same Topical cooling of spinal cord, brain, esophagus, etc. can be selectively and continuously carried out under convenient control without causing any changes in internal pressure of spinal cord cavity, brain pressure, etc. by inserting a catheter, which has no hole connecting to the outside and in which a heat-cooling medium ... 09/22/05 - 20050209662 - Cerebral temperature control A system (10) for cerebral temperature control of a living being, comprising a double lumen catheter means (30) configured to be introduced through a nostril of a living being and to be placed with its tip at the level of the back of the tongue. The double lumen catheter means ... 09/15/05 - 20050203598 - Method for inducing hypothermia Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other ... 09/01/05 - 20050192652 - Thermal treatment systems with enhanced tissue penetration depth using adjustable treatment pressures and related methods Methods, systems and computer program products include pressure monitoring and pressure adjustment devices in closed loop systems which control and adjust the pressure in a closed loop system configured to circulate heated liquid to a treatment balloon and concurrently heats and exerts pressures onto targeted tissue. The systems and methods ... 08/11/05 - 20050177214 - Disposable cryotherapy device for the treatment of hemorrhoids with frozen healing media The present invention provides a method and devices for the treatment of hemorrhoids. The method involves the combined delivery of cryotherapy and medication therapy. The devices described provide cryotherapy for immediate relief of pain, itching, reduction of swelling, reduction of existing bleeding, shrinkage of hemorrhoidal tissue, and promotes healing of ... 08/11/05 - 20050177213 - Disposable cryotherapy device for the treatment of hemorrhoids with frozen healing media The present invention provides a disposable cryotherapy device for the treatment of hemorrhoids. The cryotherapy device includes a hollow rectal insert with a wall that defines a plurality of slots. The device further includes a sleeve with an open end such that the rectal insert can slide into the sleeve. ... 08/04/05 - 20050171586 - 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 transfer working fluid to exchange heat with the heat ... 06/30/05 - 20050143798 - 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 connector bodies are disconnected, a syringe or negative pressure source may ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |