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Temperature control mechanisms for a micro heat pipe catheter
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 1995-05-23)
A catheter that provides precise temperature control is disclosed herein. The catheter may use a variety of passive heat pipe structures alone or in combination with feedback devices. The catheter is particularly useful ...
Treatment method using a micro heat pipe catheter
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 1997-01-07)
A catheter that provides precise temperature control for treating diseased tissue. The catheter may use a variety of passive heat pipe structures alone or in combination with feedback devices. The catheter is particularly ...
Heat transfer cylinder
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 1992-06-09)
A heat transfer method and apparatus are disclosed for transferring heat across a cylinder surface, in order to maintain the cylinder surface at a uniform temperature for drying, rolling or otherwise processing a work ...
Micro-heat-pipe catheter
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 1993-03-02)
A micro-heat-pipe catheter provides a hyperthermia or hypothermia source for the treatment of cancerous tumors or other diseased tissue. The heat-pipe is about the size of a hypodermic needle and is thermally insulated ...
Expansion clamp
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 1998-01-27)
An expandable clamp of the type that is used within a channel to compress a planar member within that channel against a wall of that channel. The clamp has an expandable bladder of an elongated cylindrical shape and a valve ...