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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2018
Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited, Ballybrit, IE;
Amanda Hartley, Caledon, CA;
Gareth Davies, Toronto, CA;
Amanda Centazzo-Colella, Toronto, CA;
Noah Yang, Ottawa, CA;
Hamed Avari, Toronto, CA;
Yasir Al-Saffar, Oakville, CA;
Kishan Shah, Etobicoke, CA;
Andrew Herbert-Copley, Toronto, CA;
Ramunas Wierzbicki, Toronto, CA;
Dmitry Gerber, Toronto, CA;
Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited, Galway, IE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for regulating a temperature of an esophagus when heat or cold is delivered to a left atrium, the method including altering a heat exchange device from an insertable configuration to a heat exchanging configuration which conforms and corresponds with a cross-section of an inside of the esophagus such that the esophagus is maintained in its natural shape and location. In some embodiments the heat exchange device has a heating/cooling balloon which is inflated to be in the heat exchanging configuration. Some alternative embodiments includes altering the configuration of the balloon to conform to or correspond with the cross section of an esophagus by means other than inflation.