INTRAVASCULAR HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER WITH MULTIPLE SPACED APART DISCRETE COOLANT LOOPS

A catheter has a series of hollow loops arranged along a tube for carrying working fluid from a heat exchange system to exchange heat with a patient in whom the catheter is advanced. The loops when inflated are transverse to the catheter axis and parallel to each other, and circumscribe a hollow pas...

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Hauptverfasser: LIM, ALEX, MAFI, MASOUNEH, GURUKULA, VENKATA VISHNU
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Zusammenfassung:A catheter has a series of hollow loops arranged along a tube for carrying working fluid from a heat exchange system to exchange heat with a patient in whom the catheter is advanced. The loops when inflated are transverse to the catheter axis and parallel to each other, and circumscribe a hollow passageway through which blood can flow. Blood also flows around the outer perimeters of the loops.