Claims
- 1. A temperature monitoring device assembly, comprising:
an elongated catheter having a distal end and a proximal end, the catheter being configured for advancing the catheter into a patient with the distal end located in the patient's body and the proximal end located outside the patient's body; at least one temperature monitoring device located at or near the distal end of the probe body generating respective at least one temperature signal; a catheter connector located at or near the proximal end of the catheter; and a cable having a cable connector configured for engaging the catheter connector and at least one controller electrically connected to the cable connector.
- 2. The probe of claim 1, wherein the catheter is configured for advancement into a patient's vasculature.
- 3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the temperature monitoring device includes a thermistor and the probe body is dosposable.
- 4. The probe of claim 1, in combination with the controller, wherein the temperature monitoring device generates a control feedback signal useful by the controller for controlling a heat exchanger.
- 5. The combination of claim 4, in further combination with the heat exchanger.
- 6. The combination of claim 5, in further combination with a heat exchange catheter in closed loop fluid communication with the heat exchanger.
- 7. A controller including a program of instructions undertaking method acts for controlling a heat exchanger, the method acts comprising:
receiving, from a temperature sensor, a patient temperature signal; controlling a heat exchanger for a cooling catheter in response to the signal; and generating an alarm signal when the signal reaches a predetermined setpoint.
- 8. The controller of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises generating an alarm signal when the signal indicates a failure of the sensor.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a divisional application of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/908,642 filed Jul. 18, 2001, entitled “Selective Organ Cooling Catheter with Guidewire Apparatus and Temperature-Monitoring Device”, which is a continuation patent application of U.S. patent application Ser. No.09/262,805 filed on Mar. 4, 1999, entitled “A Selective Organ Cooling Catheter with Guidewire Apparatus and Temperature-Monitoring Device”, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,312,452, which is a continuation-in-part patent application of the following U.S. patent application Ser. Nos.: 09/246,788, filed on Feb. 9, 1999, entitled “Method and Device for Applications of Selective Organ Cooling”; 09/232,177, filed Jan. 15, 1999, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Location and Temperature Specific Drug Action such as Thrombolysis”, now U.S. patent No. 6,245,095; 09/215,039, filed Dec. 16, 1998, entitled “Method for Low Temperature Thrombolysis and Low Temperature Thrombolytic Agent with Selective Organ Temperature Control”, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,251,129; 09/215,038, filed Dec. 16, 1999, entitled “Inflatable Catheter for Selective Organ Heating and Cooling and Method of Using the Same”, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,261,312; 09/103,342, filed Jun. 23, 1998, entitled “Selective Organ Cooling Catheter and Method of Using the Same”, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,096,068; 09/052,545, filed Mar. 31, 1998, entitled “Circulating Fluid Hypothermia Method and Apparatus”, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,231,595; 09/047,012, filed Mar. 24, 1998, entitled “Selective Organ Hypothermia Method and Apparatus”, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,957,963, which is a continuation-in-part patent application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/012,287, filed Jan. 23, 1998, entitled “Selective Organ Hypothermia Method and Apparatus”, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,051,019, all of which are incorporated herein.
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