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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2011
Applicants:

Denise R. Merrill, Sewell, NJ (US);

Todd J. Nilsen, Howell, NJ (US);

Jennifer Ellen Akers, Elmer, NJ (US);

Kyle Stever, Huntsville, AL (US);

Moshe Laifenfeld, Haifa, IL;

Ravi Ramachandran, Turnersville, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Denise R. Merrill, Sewell, NJ (US);

Todd J. Nilsen, Howell, NJ (US);

Jennifer Ellen Akers, Elmer, NJ (US);

Kyle Stever, Huntsville, AL (US);

Moshe Laifenfeld, Haifa, IL;

Ravi Ramachandran, Turnersville, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Focal Cool, LLC, Sewell, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/12 (2013.01); A61F 7/0085 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0056 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus to minimize and/or eliminate the effects associated with reperfusion injury consisting of an external pump, heat exchanger and control unit creating a flow loop whereby blood is moved from the body via a pump, cooled by an external heat exchanger and reintroduced into a specific location, thereby locally cooling the surrounding tissue and inducing localized hypothermia to minimize tissue injury resulting from ischemia and the effects associated with reperfusion injury as an obstruction is removed and normal blood flow is restored and including the ability to locally measure pressure and temperature in the body.


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