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Fever regulation method and apparatus

  • US 6,585,752 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2001
  • Issued: 07/01/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for treating fever in a patient'"'"'s body intravascularly, comprising:

  • providing a catheter having a cooling element attached to a distal end thereof;

    inserting the catheter through the vascular system of a patient with a fever to place the cooling element in a vein that drains into the heart of a patient;

    circulating fluid through the cooling element;

    transferring heat from the blood in the vein to the cooling element; and

    thereby lowering the temperature of the patient, further comprising inducing mixing in the blood of the vascular system of the patient.

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