Patent ID: 6736790
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A method for cerebral cooling, comprising the steps of:providing a catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween, the distal end having a first expandable occlusive member, a second expandable occlusive member, and one or more ports therebetween and communicating with the lumen; inserting the catheter into a right subclavian artery; positioning the first expandable occlusive member in the right brachiocephalic artery upstream of the right common carotid artery; positioning the second expandable occlusive member in the right subclavian artery downstream of the right common carotid artery; and flowing hypothermic medium from the catheter into at least one of the right common carotid artery or the right vertebral artery.