Devices and methods for controlling patient temperature
AssigneeAdvanced Cooling Therapy, Inc.
InventorsErik Kulstad, Hugh Patrick Caherty
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Abstract
Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through esophageal cooling are disclosed. Devices and methods for operative temperature management are disclosed.
Claims22
A method for treating or preventing ischemia-reperfusion injury in a patient comprising:
- inserting a heat transfer device into the patient;
- wherein the heat transfer device comprises:
- a plurality of lumens configured to provide a fluid path for flow of a heat transfer medium;
- a heat transfer region configured for contacting esophageal epithelium of the patient;
- a proximal end including an input port and an output port;
- a distal end configured for insertion into an esophagus of the patient, and
- a hollow tube having a distal end configured to extend into a stomach of the patient.
A method for treating or preventing ischemia-reperfusion injury in a patient comprising:
- inserting a heat transfer device into the patient;
- wherein the heat transfer device comprises:
- one or more lumens providing a fluid path for flow of a heat transfer medium;
- a heat transfer region, wherein the heat transfer region is capable of directly contacting esophageal epithelium upon insertion into a patient;
- one or more ports connected to at least one of the one or more lumens;
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- a gastric tube.
A method for treating or preventing ischemia-reperfusion injury in a patient comprising:
- inserting a heat transfer device into the patient;
- wherein the heat transfer device comprises:
- a distal end configured for insertion into a nostril or mouth of a patient;
- a heat transfer region capable of directly contacting esophageal epithelium of the patient, wherein the heat transfer region does not include a balloon or partially inflatable lumen;
- and
- an input port for receiving a heat transfer medium;
- and
- a gastric tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.