Patent ID: 6042559
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
An apparatus for selective organ hypothermia by perfusion, said apparatus comprising:a chiller;a flexible elongated supply catheter, said supply catheter having a proximal end attachable to an inlet of said chiller, said supply catheter having a distal end percutaneously insertable into an artery of a patient;a flexible elongated delivery catheter, said delivery catheter having a proximal end attachable to an outlet of said chiller, said delivery catheter having sufficient length and sufficiently small diameter to be insertable percutaneously through a vascular system of a patient to a feeder artery of a selected organ of a patient, said delivery catheter having a lumen for flow of cooled blood from said chiller to a feeder artery of a selected organ of a patient;an insulating layer in said delivery catheter between said blood lumen and the outer surface of said delivery catheter; anda blood outlet formed in said blood lumen, near a distal end of said delivery catheter.