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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
May. 01, 2023
Arctx Medical, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Donnell W. Gurskis, Belmont, CA (US);
Robert B. Peliks, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Rosenthal, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven R. Bacich, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Arctx Medical, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Thermal therapy systems, devices, and methods of using the same disclosed. A localized hypothermia of the pancreas with a delivery and placement procedure in the stomach of a patient comprising a cooling balloon system is disclosed that can be used for the treatment of pancreatitis in a patient. The cooling balloon system can have mechanisms for affecting the pancreas without impacting or inducing hypothermia in the patient in a systemic fashion. The localized hypothermia system can have a simplified delivery system and can be intended to reduce patient discomfort while reducing the metabolic activity of the inflamed pancreas of the patient.