Endovascular cooling catheter system which employs phase-changing heat exchange media
US11253392B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2007/126
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Devices and methods for cooling all or part of the body of a human or animal subject by inserting a heat exchange catheter into the subject's body and infusing into or through the catheter a heat exchange medium that contains liquid phase matter and frozen solid phase matter, wherein at least some of the solid phase matter melts while in the catheter.
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