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Patient temperature regulation method and apparatus

  • US 20060124141A1
  • Filed: 01/25/2006
  • Published: 06/15/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for substantially reducing stenoses recurring following angioplasty, comprising:

  • providing a catheter having a cooling element attached to a distal end thereof, the cooling element employing mixing-inducing surface features;

    performing an angioplasty or stenting operation on a blood vessel of the patient;

    inserting the catheter through the vascular system of the patient to place the cooling element in the blood vessel;

    circulating fluid through the cooling element; and

    transferring heat from the blood in the vessel to the cooling element, whereby blood and the blood vessel wall are cooled.

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