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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2012
Maurice Buchbinder, LaJolla, CA (US);
Randell Louis Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Yiannakis Petrou Yianni, Hants, GB;
Daniel Nahon, Ottawa, CA;
J. Christopher Flaherty, Auburndale, FL (US);
Domenic Santoianni, Kirkland, CA;
Maurice Buchbinder, LaJolla, CA (US);
Randell Louis Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Yiannakis Petrou Yianni, Hants, GB;
Daniel Nahon, Ottawa, CA;
J. Christopher Flaherty, Auburndale, FL (US);
Domenic Santoianni, Kirkland, CA;
Cryotherapeutics GmbH, Cologne, DE;
Abstract
There is provided a method of supplying cryoenergy to a plaque within a blood vessel. The method comprises expanding an expandable membrane of a catheter apparatus with a pressure of less than 5 ATM (507 kPa), the catheter apparatus having been placed in thermal contact with the plaque within the blood vessel. The method also comprises establishing a temperature of between +15° C. (288K) and −35° C. (238K) at an interface of the expandable membrane and the blood vessel. A system and catheter apparatus are also provided.