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Inflatable catheter for selective organ heating and cooling and method of using the same

  • US 20040106969A1
  • Filed: 11/14/2003
  • Published: 06/03/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A catheter system to change the temperature of blood by heat transfer to or from a circulating working fluid, comprising:

  • an inlet lumen to introduce a circulating working fluid; and

    and an outlet lumen to extract a circulating working fluid, the outlet lumen having a shape that induces mixing in blood flowing past the outlet lumen or in the working fluid.

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