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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Kenneth A. Collins, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth A. Collins, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zoll Circulation, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/12 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61F 2007/101 (2013.01); A61F 2007/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for exchanging heat with a patient's spinal column incident to spinal surgery or to relieve a patient for a hypoxia condition of the spine. A closed loop heat exchange catheter is percutaneously advanced into the retroperitoneal space of the patient or into the vasculature, and then heat exchange fluid is circulated through the catheter to cool the spinal column.