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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2002
Phillip D. Purdy, Dallas, TX (US);
Ajit Nair, Fremont, CA (US);
Kamal Ramzipoor, Fremont, CA (US);
Mehran Bashiri, San Carlos, CA (US);
Pete Phong Pham, Fremont, CA (US);
Phillip D. Purdy, Dallas, TX (US);
Ajit Nair, Fremont, CA (US);
Kamal Ramzipoor, Fremont, CA (US);
Mehran Bashiri, San Carlos, CA (US);
Pete Phong Pham, Fremont, CA (US);
Sci/Med Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and devices for navigating a subarachnoid space in a vertebrate organism including percutaneously introducing a device into the spinal subarachnoid space at an entry location. Navigation of the spinal subarachnoid space is disclosed for the purpose of reaching a desired location in the subarachnoid space or the intracranial space, including areas in and around the spinal cord and brain. Once a desired location is reached, methods and devices for cooling or heating the desired location to cause physiologic changes are suggested.