Patent ID: 11944803
Assignee: ABIOMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method for treating an effect of a cardiac episode in a patient, the method comprising:
introducing a mechanical circulatory support system into a vasculature of a patient, the mechanical circulatory support system comprising a cooling element within a catheter, wherein the cooling element is a Peltier device comprising a first conductor and a second conductor, the first and second conductors having different electron densities, affixed to a first wire, the first wire configured to receive an electric current;
positioning the catheter within the vasculature so that an outer surface of the catheter contacts blood flowing within the vasculature,
actuating the mechanical circulatory support system; and
while actuating the mechanical circulatory support system, running an electric current through the first wire to a junction of the first and second conductors to cool the blood flowing through the vasculature of the patient to a selected temperature to reduce or prevent an effect of a cardiac episode.