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Hyperthermia method and apparatus

  • US 6,827,898 B1
  • Filed: 02/26/2002
  • Issued: 12/07/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for implementing hyperthermia comprising:

  • creating a fluid circuit external to an animal or patient for which hyperthermia is indicated with at least one catheter;

    positioning a pump in fluid communication with said at least one catheter;

    pumping said fluid at approximately 2400 ml per minute through a heat exchanger, said heat exchanger having a fluid reservoir for maintaining fluid in the reservoir at approximately 52°

    C.;

    providing at, least one each of a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, and an alarm; and

    regulating a desired patient temperature with a computer and user interface means that receives signals from the pressure sensor and the temperature sensor;

    establishing a desired patient temperature in as little as twenty minutes.

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