×

Selective organ cooling apparatus and method

  • US 6,702,842 B2
  • Filed: 05/30/2002
  • Issued: 03/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A heat transfer device, comprising:

  • a flexible catheter capable of insertion to a vessel in the vascular system of a patient;

    a plurality of heat transfer segments attached to a distal end of said catheter;

    a flexible joint connecting each of said heat transfer segments to adjacent said heat transfer segments, each said flexible joint having external structures shaped and sized to induce mixing in blood flowing around said heat transfer segments; and

    a smooth flexible tube connecting at least some of said heat transfer segments to adjacent said heat transfer segments.

View all claims
  • 10 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×