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6846322 Apparatus and method for manipulating core body temperature  
The present invention provides a system for manipulating a core body temperature of a mammal. The system of the invention includes a chamber for enclosing a body portion of a mammal and a seal in...
6840954 Systems and methods using vasoconstriction for improved thermal treatment of tissues  
The present invention enhances the effectiveness of treatment of support tissue structures. Generally, such tissue structures support organs and hold the organs in their proper position for...
6827728 Patient temperature control system  
A system and method provide for the interconnection of a medical fluid processing system with at least one patient temperature control pad positionable on a patient. Includable in the system is at...
6818012 Patient temperature control system with fluid temperature response  
An improved patient temperature exchange system and method is disclosed for use with one or more interconnectable patient contact pads. In one embodiment, the system includes a circulating pump for...
6818011 Circulating fluid 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 coaxial catheter is inserted through the vascular...
6802855 Patient temperature control system connector apparatus  
A connector apparatus employable in a patient temperature control system includes a connection end which is employable for connecting to at least one other connector in the system. Includable in...
6800088 Multicompartment ice bag for single patient use  
A multicompartment ice bag for single patient use provides a possibility to apply a cold to a small areas of the single patient body. An improved multicompartment ice bag for single patient use...
6800087 Blanket system for temperature regulation of a patient  
A blanket system ( 1 ) is provided for maintaining or controlling a patient's body temperature before, during, or after surgical and non-surgical procedures. The system includes a non-obtrusive...
6780176 Eyesight correcting apparatus  
The present invention provides a apparatus for correcting eyesight characterized in that a cornea pressure member is slidably attached to a cap-like cornea sucking member, and a cooling liquid...
6772766 Cryogenic method and apparatus for promoting angiogenesis  
A method of promoting blood vessel growth includes the steps of providing a cryocatheter having a thermally transmission region; placing the cryocatheter proximate an area of tissue to be treated;...
6770085 Heat absorbing pad  
A pad whose purpose is to remove heat from a person's body part or pillow. A bladder enclosing a spongy pad and a liquid is where the heat absorbing takes place boiling the liquid in to a vapor. A...
6758846 Electrosurgical instrument and an electrosurgery system including such an instrument  
In an electrosurgical system which is operable within the frequency range of from 100kHz to 50MHz and which has a handheld instrument with an elongate instrument shaft, the distal end of the shaft...
6755850 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...
6752802 Method and apparatus for the prevention of endometrial hyperplasis and uterine cancer  
A method for treating endometrial hyperplasia or uterine cancer in menopausal women including performing endometrial ablation in a menopausal woman to thereby ablate substantially all of the...
6749585 Central venous catheter with heat exchange membrane  
A central venous catheter includes coolant supply and return lumens which communicate coolant to and from first and second heat exchange membranes arranged along the distal segment of the catheter....
6749624 Fluid delivery apparatus  
A fluid delivery apparatus for introducing a fluid cooling media to a skin surface includes a template with a skin interface surface. An energy delivery device is coupled to the template. A fluid...
6749625 Intravascular temperature control catheter  
Various intravascular heat exchange catheters are disclosed that have non-straight heat exchange elements.
6743250 Portable thermal rescue/recovery system  
A light weight, portable thermal rescue/recovery system for mammals up to 300 lbs. In in weight, comprising of a mummy bag which contains a circulating liquid which is either heated when the mammal...
6740110 Method and devices of inflammation control, and therapy  
A portable device of coiled copper tubing and copper sheet metal construction that is ergonomically designed to provide a combination of beneficial practices into one more effective method, and...
6736836 Transplant organ external cooling system  
A device and method are provided for maintaining donor organs at reduced temperatures ex vivo, in particular while the organ is being implanted in the recipient, and until reperfusion of the organ....
6733518 Method and apparatus for thermal therapy  
A medical device for controlling the temperature of a region of brain tissue. Selective cooling of the brain is achieved by lowering the localized blood temperature of the internal blood vessel....
6730115 Cooling system  
A cooling system for cooling a person in a supine position as part of a clinical treatment includes an air blower, a heat exchanger, an inflatable mattress and a cooling jacket or overlay. Air from...
6726709 Method and device for reducing death and morbidity from stroke  
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for preventing secondary ischemic injury in the brain. The apparatus includes an interstitial brain-cooling probe that is placed into an ischemic region of the...
6718785 Cooling devices with high-efficiency cooling features  
Cooling devices are provided to reduce a person's temperature by evaporative, convective, and/or conductive cooling. One such device maximizes evaporative cooling by aiding the flow of air to the...
6709447 Inflatable thermal blanket  
An inflatable thermal blanket ( 10 ) for providing a conditioned gas to at least a portion of the body of a human or other animal. The thermal blanket ( 10 ) includes an inflatable portion ( 18 )...
6702840 Heat exchange catheter with discrete heat exchange elements  
A catheter for exchanging heat with a body fluid is disclosed. The catheter includes a main shaft and a heat exchange region having a plurality of heat exchange elements each having a length and...
6699267 Patient temperature control system with fluid temperature response  
An improved patient temperature exchange system and method is disclosed for use with one or more interconnectable patient contact pads. In one embodiment, the system includes a circulating pump for...
6699269 Selective brain and spinal cord hypothermia method and apparatus  
The invention provides a method and apparatus for performing selective hypothermia to the brain and spinal cord for injury protection without the need for systemic cooling. A flexible catheter is...
6695872 Therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger and method of manufacturing such component  
An embodiment of the present invention is a therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger that includes: (a) a bladder that contains a heat exchange medium, which bladder is compliant and is...
6692518 Patient temperature control system  
A temperature control system provides for the optimal management of patient temperature during a surgical procedure, such as those which require the patient to on bypass. The system employs a...
6689131 Electrosurgical device having a tissue reduction sensor  
An electrosurgical device for use in surgical procedures is disclosed. The electrosurgical device comprises a main body having a proximal end and a distal end. A heat delivery modality is situated...
6685731 Method and system for improving cardiovascular parameters of a patient  
Cardiovascular parameters of a patient undergoing a procedure involving general anesthesia are maintained by controlling the patient's body temperature. Such control involves the use of a garment...
6682550 Heat transfer blanket for and method of controlling a patient's temperature  
The present invention relates to heat transfer blankets which wrap the torso and/or legs leaving the arms, buttocks, perineum, knee, and/or head exposed and allow for the selective heating or...
6679879 Electrical discharge catheter system for extracting emboli in endovascular interventions  
A catheter system for removing occlusive materials from a targeted endoluminal site, such as a vascular graft. The catheter system utilizes an electrical source and a controller to deliver...
6676680 Tamponade device to control post-partum hemorrhage  
A tamponade device for controlling post-partum hemorrhage includes an inner drain tube co-axially encircled by an inflatable balloon. The device is inserted into the uterine cavity, and the balloon...
6669661 Method and device for central nervous system protection during whole body hyperthermia or hypothermia  
A method and device for intentionally inducing whole-body hyperthermia or hypothermia in a patient for medical treatment while protecting the central nervous system from damage includes a tub for...
6669715 Medical thermal energy exchange pad  
An inventive medical thermal exchange pad is provided that includes a pliable fluid containing layer and at least a first plurality of adjacent fluid channels of coincidental configurations with...
6666879 Inlet port plug  
An apparatus, device, or inlet port plug, may close an inlet port that is formed in a sheet of flexible material. The inlet port is adapted for mounting on an inflatable device and is shaped and...
6660026 Multi-tipped cooling probe  
A method and device for thermally affecting tissue. The device having a thermal member and a contact probe in thermal communication with the thermal member. The device configured to provide a way...
6660027 Patient temperature control system with fluid preconditioning  
An improved patient temperature exchange system and method is disclosed for use with one or more interconnectable patient contact pads. In one embodiment, the system includes a circulating pump for...
6656209 Catheter system for controlling a patient's body temperature by in situ blood temperature modification  
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...
6652565 Central venous catheter with heat exchange properties  
An introducer sheath for a central venous catheter includes a sheath body and a temperature sensor mounted distally on the body. Either the catheter or sheath has a heat exchange region through...
6648905 Enhanced medical thermal energy exchange pad  
An inventive medical thermal exchange pad is provided that includes a pliable fluid containing layer and at least a first plurality of adjacent fluid channels of coincidental configurations with...
6645232 Patient temperature control system with fluid pressure maintenance  
An improved patient temperature exchange system and method is disclosed for use with one or more interconnectable patient contact pads. In one embodiment, the system includes a circulating pump for...
6641602 Method and device including a colo-rectal heat exchanger  
A method of regulating the temperature of a patient by inserting a heat exchange catheter into a colon of a patient. The heat exchange catheter is inflated with a heat exchange fluid from a...
6623517 Eye compress  
A cooled, therapeutic gelatinous disc is provided which includes a convex face configured to overlie a typical human eye and a surrounding margin of tissue. The convex face of the disc includes a...
6620187 Patient temperature control system with make-up fluid supply  
An improved patient temperature exchange system and method is disclosed for use with one or more interconnectable patient contact pads. In one embodiment, the system includes a circulating pump for...
6620160 Method and device for electro microsurgery in a physiological liquid environment  
A method and device for electrical emulation of pulsed laser is disclosed. The device utilizes high voltage electrical discharges of sub-microsecond duration in a liquid medium to produce...
6620130 Infusion systems and methods for introducing fluids into the body within a desired temperature range  
The invention provides systems and methods for infusing a fluid into a patient. In one exemplary embodiment, a system comprises a volume of fluid and a temperature altering device in close...
6602243 Foley catheter having redundant temperature sensors and method  
A Foley catheter has redundant temperature sensors to enable use of the Foley catheter with a patient heating system, such as one relying on a vascular heat exchange catheter. The temperature...