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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Zoll Circulation, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth A. Collins, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
William J. Worthen, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
ZOLL Circulation, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/12 (2013.01); A61F 7/0085 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0056 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2007/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intravenous heat exchange catheter and/or an external cooling pad/bladder can be used to maintain hypothermia in, e.g., a cardiac arrest patient, but to accelerate the cooling process the patient first can be infused with cold saline before the opportunity arises to connect the catheter or pad to the patient.