Caroline Dorothea Ames

US Patent:

20060025755, Feb 2, 2006

Filed:

Jul 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/193551

Inventors:

Jaime Landman - New York NY, US
Caroline Ames - Bloomington IN, US
Stephen Dryer - Cincinnati OH, US
Salvatore Sutera - Clayton MO, US
Tabitha Shen - Walnut Creek CA, US
Kelley Foyil - Tampa FL, US

International Classification:

A61B 18/18

US Classification:

606020000

Abstract:

The present invention provides a system for cooling a body part during surgery that includes a surgical cooling solution generator for producing a surgical cooling solution such as an ice slush from a working solution, a surgical cooling solution transport system for transporting the surgical cooling solution, an applicator configured for receiving the surgical cooling solution from the supply line and having a first mode and a second mode for respectively routing the surgical cooling solution to the recycle line for recycling, and for routing the surgical cooling solution to a surgical delivery interface. The applicator comprises an intake port for receiving the surgical cooling solution, a recycle port for transmitting a portion of the surgical cooling solution for recycling, and a surgical delivery interface for transmitting a portion of the surgical cooling solution to a body cavity. A method is also provided for transmitting a continuous flow of the surgical cooling solution to an applicator, selectively delivering a portion of the continuous surgical cooling solution flow to the body cavity, and recycling the non-delivered portion of the surgical cooling solution flow for inclusion in transmitting a continuous flow of the surgical cooling solution to the applicator.