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Cooling catheter and method with adjunctive therapy capability

  • US 20060058859A1
  • Filed: 09/14/2005
  • Published: 03/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A catheter for cooling blood, the catheter comprising:

  • a tube configured to be inserted into a blood vessel;

    a blood-conveyance pathway located inside the tube;

    a blood inlet configured to allow blood to enter the blood-conveyance pathway from a blood vessel;

    a blood outlet configured to allow blood to move from the blood-conveyance pathway into the blood vessel;

    a coolant-supply pathway located inside the tube and adjacent to the blood-conveyance pathway;

    a coolant-return pathway located inside the tube; and

    a coolant-turn-around connecting the coolant-supply pathway and the coolant-return pathway.

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