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US 7,094,253 B2Granted
Fever regulation method and apparatus
AssigneeInnercool Therapies, Inc.
InventorsJohn D. Dobak, III, Steven A. Yon, Michael Magers
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Abstract
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.
Claims2
A method for treating fever in a patient's body intravascularly, comprising:
- providing a catheter having a flexible cooling element attached to a distal end thereof, wherein the catheter is flexible enough to navigate vasculature from the fernoral insertion point to an internal carotid artery;
- inserting the catheter through the vascular system of a patient with a fever to place the flexible cooling element in a vein that drains into the heart of a patient;
- circulating fluid through the cooling clement;
- transferring heat from the blood in the vein to the flexible cooling clement;
- and
- thereby lowering the temperature of the patient.
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