Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1999-08-16
2000-11-21
Jastrzab, Jeffrey R.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
607104, A61N 139
Patent
active
061496707
ABSTRACT:
A method for treating cardiac arrest includes defibrillating the patient and/or ventilating the patient and/or administering a cardiac arrest drug such as epinephrine to resuscitate the patient, and then cooling the patient using one or more cooling catheter positioned in the central venous system of the patient.
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Balding David
Evans Scott M.
Winter Suzanne C.
Worthen William J.
Alsius Corporation
Jastrzab Jeffrey R.
Rogitz John L.
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