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7604635 |
Fluid-assisted medical devices, systems and methods
Surgical devices, systems and methods for treating tissue. An exemplary surgical device comprises a tip portion including first and second jaws each having a tissue grasping surface, at least one...
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7578837 |
Warming apparatus with an inflatable cover and an inlet port plug
An apparatus for warming a person includes an inflatable cover having two inlet ports and a plug removably received in one of the ports. With the plug received in the one port, the cover can be...
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7572285 |
System for providing actuated optimal inflation to multiple temperature regulated blankets and method therefor
A convective warmer to which blankets of different dimensions may be connected is capable of providing air to the various blankets at flow rates that optimally inflate those blankets to achieve the...
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7550000 |
Restrictor regulated air flow blanket, system utilizing such blanket and method therefor
To reduce the amount of air input to a patient warming blanket, when the blanket is of a size that does not require the full amount of air output from a convective warmer for optimal...
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7549987 |
Thermotherapy device
This invention relates to the working end of a medical instrument that applies energy to tissue. In one embodiment, the instrument has a microfluidic tissue-engaging surface fabricated by soft...
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7547320 |
Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient
A method of performing CPR on the patient while altering the body temperature of a patient comprises covering at least a thoracic region of the patient with a cover. A heat transfer liquid is...
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7546653 |
Air mattress
An air mattress includes a mattress envelope having a compartment and comprising a thermal functional layer and an outer layer overlapped thereon and an air cushion including a plurality of...
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7520889 |
Thermal blanket for warming the limbs
A thermal blanket for warming the limbs includes a surface, an inactive region of the surface adapted to lie against the thoracic and/or abdominal area of a person extending at least from the...
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7517360 |
System for automatically inflating temperature regulated blankets and a blanket for coupling to the system
A convective warmer to which blankets of different dimensions may be connected is capable of providing air to the various blankets at flow rates that optimally inflate those blankets to achieve the...
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7510568 |
Valved connector assembly and sterility barriers for heat exchange catheters and other closed looped 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...
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7507250 |
Method and device for rapidly inducing hypothermia
Disclosed is a system and method for inducing therapeutic levels of hypothermia in a patient in the emergent care setting. The system consists of a small battery operated console and one or more...
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7507249 |
Patient cooling system
A patient cooling system comprises an inflatable patient mattress having an airflow system and integral manifold incorporated therein and a patient enclosure or tent coupled to the inflatable...
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7500985 |
Apparatus and methods for cooling a region within the body
Apparatus and methods for cooling selected regions within a body are described herein. An implantable cooling system is used to cool regions of the brain, spinal cord, fibrous nerve bodies, e.g.,...
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7497870 |
System for providing optimal inflation to multiple temperature regulated blankets and method therefor
A convective warmer to which blankets of different dimensions may be connected is capable of providing air to the various blankets at flow rates that optimally inflate those blankets to achieve the...
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7491223 |
Therapeutic heating and cooling via temperature management of a colon-inserted balloon
A method and apparatus is provided for heating or cooling at least a selected portion of a patient's body. The method begins by inserting a catheter having a balloon into the colon or stomach of...
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7476242 |
Electrically heated/phase change probe temperature control
The present invention provides devices and methods for treating tissue. In one embodiment the present invention provides a method of controlling a temperature of an applicator body, the method...
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7473270 |
Methods and systems for reducing substance-induced renal damage
Methods for reducing kidney damage induced by radiographic contrast medium or another nephrotoxic drug or substance administered to a patient include reducing the temperature of the patient by...
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7470280 |
Clinical garment for comfort warming and prewarming
A clinical garment having a lower hem and sleeves includes permeable surfaces inside near peripheral portions, a duct in communication with the permeable surfaces, and at least one inlet port...
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7469432 |
Method and apparatus for improving air flow under a patient
An overlay for a patient support is provided. The overlay is coupled to an air supply and includes an air permeable three-dimensional fiber network.
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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...
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7455686 |
Device for delivering chemical/physical parameters and associated control device
A device for application to a body or body parts and releasing chemical/physical parameters has an applicator with at least two layers. A space formed between the layers includes at least one...
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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...
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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...
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7422576 |
Localized liquid therapy and thermotherapy device
A device for directly applying thermotherapeutic liquid to an area upon the surface of an afflicted patient, and methods of use thereof, are described. In particular a device for applying...
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7419500 |
Device for thermal ablation of a cavity
An apparatus and method for causing necrosis of tissue and specifically intended for thermal ablation of the uterine cavity to cauterizing the endometrial tissue. The apparatus includes a...
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7399291 |
Catheter for treatment of total occlusions and methods for manufacture and use of the catheter
A catheter for treatment of chronic total occlusions includes an occlusion breach device, a catheter body made of a temperature-dependent softening, shape-memory, thermoplastic polymer having a...
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7377935 |
Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient
Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient comprises a cover for covering at least a portion of a patient's body and a compliant support adapted to underlie and generally conform to...
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7371254 |
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...
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7361186 |
Active body cooling with vasodilation to reduce body temperature
Active cooling of a person, such as to induce mild/moderate hypothermia, is accomplished by transferring heat from the persons body. Heat transfer and patient comfort are aided by administration of...
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7359601 |
Device and method for delivery of long wavelength laser energy to a tissue site
A laser energy delivery device is provided that is suitable for irradiating a body tissue with relatively long wavelength laser energy in the presence of an aqueous liquid without significant...
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7344529 |
Hyperthermia treatment and probe therefor
A method of using a probe that emits energy to coagulate lesions is disclosed. The probe is constructed and arranged to emit light from its distal end, either at an angle to its longitudinal axis,...
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7326235 |
Treatment of urinary incontinence and other disorders by application of energy and drugs
The invention provides a method and system for treating disorders in parts of the body. A particular treatment can include on or more of, or some combination of: ablation, nerve modulation,...
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7294142 |
Selective organ cooling catheter with guidewire apparatus and temperature-monitoring device
A catheter and method for heating or cooling a surrounding fluid in a feeding vessel in a vasculature of a patient. The catheter includes a heat transfer element shaped and arranged to create...
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7291163 |
Inflatable thermal blanket having air flow channels for directing a conditioned gas
An apparatus for providing conditioned air to a patient while maintaining a low profile over the patient. The therapy blanket has an inflatable portion that includes air channels with a...
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7288110 |
Heater device for heating a user's hands and feet
A heater device includes a pad that is heated by electrically heated fluid and which has areas for a user to insert his or her feet and areas for a user to insert his or her hands whereby either or...
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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...
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7276076 |
Perioperative warming device
A perioperative warming device includes a clinical garment having an inside surface supporting a convective apparatus with multiple stacked sections. One section of the convective apparatus is...
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7273490 |
Heat wick for skin cooling
Steady-state cooling of the skin is achieved by a support surface without requiring external power or circulation of air. Heat is transferred from via a thermally conductive layer or layers of...
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7247165 |
Disposable cassette for intravenous heat exchange catheter
A heat exchange fluid supply system for supplying a heat exchange fluid to an intravascular heat exchange catheter includes a disposable cassette having a bulkhead and an external heat exchanger,...
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7244269 |
Method and the device for cryogenic therapy applied on the whole body of a patient
Method of carrying out the cryogenic therapy, particularly on the whole body of one or several patient/s, characterized in that said patient/s are introduced along a transport route through the...
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7244268 |
Warming apparatus with an inflatable cover and an inlet port plug
The present invention is a method and apparatus for conveniently and removably sealing inlet ports within an inflatable thermal blanket. In accordance with the present invention a generally planar...
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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...
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7232457 |
Fluid warming cassette with a tensioning rod
A fluid warming cassette for use in a fluid warming system includes a first sheet and second sheet joined with a flexed tensioning rod to form a fluid container with a periphery in which the flexed...
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7229468 |
Medical device and method for temperature control and treatment of the eye and surrounding tissues
The invention provides a medical device having a thermister for temperature measurement, irrigation/aspiration ports for fluid exchange and application of therapeutic modalities, a pressure...
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7211104 |
Contrast therapy system and method
A contrast therapy system. According to one aspect of the invention, the contrast therapy system includes a hot reservoir for holding a relatively hot fluid and a cold reservoir for holding a...
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7198093 |
Compliant heat exchange panel
A heat exchange panel for use in an active heat exchange system. The heat exchange panel includes first and second layers having seals between the layers at a common border, at fences, and at dots...
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7189254 |
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...
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7189253 |
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...
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7189252 |
Warming/chilling apparatus
A warming/chilling apparatus, in particular for a pain treatment unit, includes a heating device and a cooling device for alternately heating and cooling a heating/cooling element to a high and a...
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7182776 |
Methods and devices for manipulating the thermoregulatory status of a mammal
Methods and devices for manipulating the thermoregulatory status of a mammal are provided. In the subject methods, thermal energy is transferred between the environment and both of the...
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