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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
David P. Balding, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alsius Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method of regulating the temperature of a patient by inserting a heat exchange catheter into a colon of a patient. The heat exchange catheter is inflated with a heat exchange fluid from a temperature control unit wherein the heat exchange fluid is not infused into the patient. The heat exchange catheter has a catheter body with an inflow lumen, an outflow lumen, and an irrigation lumen for irrigating the colon.