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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2005
James Joye, Saratoga, CA (US);
Richard S. Williams, Redwood City, CA (US);
Glen Reuschling, Watsonville, CA (US);
James Joye, Saratoga, CA (US);
Richard S. Williams, Redwood City, CA (US);
Glen Reuschling, Watsonville, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods controllably cool blood vessels and other body lumens. The blood vessel will often be treated for atherosclerotic or other diseases by inflating a balloon so as to engage the surrounding luminal wall. Controlled cooling of the balloon effected by a change in phase of a cryogenic fluid within the balloon typically a change from a liquid phase to a gas phase can be provided with a controlled, gradual inflation of the balloon. A single control system can be used for any of a variety of alternative selectable balloon catheters having significantly differing cooling fluid flow characteristics.