Thomas F Merrill

US Patent:

8353942, Jan 15, 2013

Filed:

Jul 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/188640

Inventors:

Thomas Lad Merrill - Sewell NJ, US

International Classification:

A61F 7/12

US Classification:

607105, 607104, 607106

Abstract:

A catheter apparatus configured to provide a delivery system for standard intervention devices typically used during emergency angioplasty and to provide rapid localized cooling to organs at risk of ischemic and reperfusion injury. The catheter apparatus including a catheter shaft having an inner core defining at least two coolant flow lumens adjacent to a blood conveyance lumen. Each coolant flow lumen in thermal contact with the blood conveyance lumen and thermally insulated from each other and the exterior surfaces of the catheter shaft.

US Patent:

20220280384, Sep 8, 2022

Filed:

Nov 6, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/641143

Inventors:

- Sewell NJ, US
Denise Merrill - Sewell NJ, US
Thomas L. Merrill - Sewell NJ, US

Assignee:

FocalCool, LLC - Sewell NJ

International Classification:

A61J 1/16
A61M 5/31
A61M 5/34
A61J 1/20

Abstract:

An apparatus and its method of use for the treatment of patients by the delivery of a temperature-controlled material. The apparatus and its method of use can be performed in conjunction with endoscopic ultrasound interventional procedures such as tumor imaging or biopsy. The apparatus can be integrated with the working channel of endoscopic ultrasound devices or other imaging devices (bronchoscope, colonoscope) or can operate as a stand-alone apparatus.