Apparatus for treatment of reperfusion injury
US9180043B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2007/0095
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus to minimize and/or eliminate the effects associated with reperfusion injury consisting of an external pump, heat exchanger and control unit creating a flow loop whereby blood is moved from the body via a pump, cooled by an external heat exchanger and reintroduced into a specific location, thereby locally cooling the surrounding tissue and inducing localized hypothermia to minimize tissue injury resulting from ischemia and the effects associated with reperfusion injury as an obstruction is removed and normal blood flow is restored and including the ability to locally measure pressure and temperature in the body.
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