发明名称 |
Selective organ cooling apparatus and method employing turbulence-inducing element with curved terminations |
摘要 |
A selective organ heat transfer device with deep irregularities in a turbulence-inducing exterior surface. The device can have a plurality of elongated, articulated segments, each having a turbulence-inducing exterior surface. A flexible joint connects adjacent elongated, articulated segments. An inner lumen is disposed within the heat transfer segments. The inner lumen is capable of transporting a pressurized working fluid to a distal end of the heat transfer element. The irregularities may be grooves, and the grooves have a curved termination point which directs blood along a direction having a component perpendicular to the axis of the segments, thereby enhancing turbulence and heat transfer.
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申请公布号 |
US6238428(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2001.05.29 |
申请号 |
US19990246514 |
申请日期 |
1999.02.09 |
申请人 |
INNERCOOL THERAPIES, INC. |
发明人 |
WERNETH RANDELL L.;DOBAK, III JOHN D.;LASHERAS JUAN C. |
分类号 |
A61B17/00;A61B18/02;A61F7/00;A61F7/12;(IPC1-7):A61F7/00 |
主分类号 |
A61B17/00 |
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