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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne A. Noda, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Scott M. Evans, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Mike L. Jones, Capistrano Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alsius Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/00 ; A61F 7/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/00 ; A61F 7/12 ;
Abstract
A catheter is adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid, such as blood, flowing in a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. The catheter includes an inlet lumen and an outlet lumen to circulate working fluid wherein at least one of the inlet or outlet lumens is shaped to induce mixing in the body fluid flowing pass it. In one embodiment, at least one lumen is shaped to induce turbulence flow in the body fluid.