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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2007
Eric G. Lovett, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Imad Libbus, St. Paul, MN (US);
Joseph Walker, Shoreview, MN (US);
Eric G. Lovett, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Imad Libbus, St. Paul, MN (US);
Joseph Walker, Shoreview, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein, among other things, is system for thermal neuroinhibition. According to an embodiment, the system includes at least one implantable fluid-filled conduit adapted to be placed adjacent to a neural target. The system also includes an implantable housing including a power source, a heat pump deriving power from the source and connected to the conduit, and a controller within the housing. The controller is connected to the heat pump, and is adapted to control the heat pump to effect fluid flow in the conduit to cool the neural target using electromechanical refrigeration to reversibly inhibit neural activity as part of a medical treatment.