Patent ID: 8529612

Claim:
A method for treating a clinical condition in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising: inserting a cooling device into the patient, wherein the cooling device comprises a gastric balloon located in the stomach of the patient, a first duodenal balloon located in the duodenum of the patient and a second duodenal balloon located in the duodenum of the patient, wherein the first duodenal balloon is located distally from the ampulla of Vater of the patient and the second duodenal balloon is located proximally of the ampulla of Vater of the patient; delivering gastric cooling fluid into the gastric balloon while the first duodenal balloon and the second duodenal balloon are in the duodenum and the gastric balloon is in the stomach, wherein the gastric cooling fluid has a temperature in the range of about 4° C. to about 35° C. when delivered into the cooling device; delivering a first cooling fluid into the first duodenal balloon while the first duodenal balloon and the second duodenal balloon are in the duodenum and the gastric balloon is in the stomach, wherein the first cooling fluid has a temperature in the range of about 4° C. to about 35° C. when delivered into the cooling device; and delivering a second cooling fluid into the second duodenal balloon while the first duodenal balloon and the second duodenal balloon are in the duodenum and the gastric balloon is in the stomach, wherein the second cooling fluid has a temperature in the range of about 4° C. to about 35° C. when delivered into the cooling device.