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Patient temperature regulation method and apparatus

  • US 7,101,386 B2
  • Filed: 08/15/2002
  • Issued: 09/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for cooling 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 the patient 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

    administering an antishivering drug to the patient.

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