The present application relates generally to patient temperature control systems.
It has been discovered that the medical outcome for a patient suffering from severe brain trauma or from ischemia caused by stroke or heart attack or cardiac arrest is improved if the patient is cooled below normal body temperature (37° C.). Furthermore, it is also accepted that for such patients, it is important to prevent hyperthermia (fever) even if it is decided not to induce hypothermia. Moreover, in certain applications such as post-CABG surgery, it might be desirable to rewarm a hypothermic patient.
As recognized by the present application, the above-mentioned advantages in regulating temperature can be realized by cooling or heating the patient's entire body using a closed loop heat exchange catheter placed in the patient's venous system and circulating a working fluid such as saline through the catheter, heating or cooling the working fluid as appropriate in an external heat exchanger that is connected to the catheter. The following U.S. patents, all of which are incorporated herein by reference, disclose various intra vascular catheters/systems/methods for such purposes: U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,881,551 and 6,585,692 (tri-lobe catheter), U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,551,349 and 6,554,797 (metal catheter with bellows), U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,749,625 and 6,796,995 (catheters with non-straight, non-helical heat exchange elements), U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,126,684, 6,299,599, 6,368,304, and 6,338,727 (catheters with multiple heat exchange balloons), U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,146,411, 6,019,783, 6,581,403, 7,287,398, and 5,837,003 (heat exchange systems for catheter), U.S. Pat. No. 7,857,781 (various heat exchange catheters).
Present principles understand that accurately and constantly measuring patient core temperature for feedback purposes and maximizing the rate of cooling for therapeutic purposes are among the challenges posed by intravascular temperature control. Accurate patient core temperature measurements can be provided by rectal probes, esophageal probes, bladder probes, and the like but such probes are uncomfortable for awake patients. Placing a sensor on the catheter itself in a vein of the patient avoids the need for an uncomfortable separate probe but since the catheter changes the temperature of the blood flowing past the catheter, to avoid the “thermal shadow” of the hot or cold catheter, cooling or heating of the patient periodically must be temporarily suspended long enough for the temperature of the blood near the sensor to stabilize at actual core body temperature. This undesirably prolongs cooling, for instance, when it is desired to cool the patient.
As to maximizing the rate of cooling, the larger the heat transfer area of the catheter, the faster it can cool but size limits, are reached even when using the entire inferior vena cava as a placement site. Existing catheters must accommodate the vein into which they are placed. With the above recognitions in mind, present principles are provided.
Accordingly, a transatrial intravascular temperature management catheter includes a lower heat exchange segment positionable in the inferior vena cava of a patient without blocking the inferior vena cava such that blood can flow past the lower heat exchange segment. The catheter also includes an upper heat exchange segment positionable in the superior vane cava of the patient without blocking the superior vena cava such that blood can flow past the upper heat exchange segment. Furthermore, the catheter includes a connecting segment connecting the heat exchange segments and positionable in the right atrium of the patient. Working fluid can be circulated through the heat exchange segments and the connecting segment to and from a heat exchange system external to the patient. The heat exchange system establishes a temperature of the working fluid at least in part based on a signal representing patient temperature. A temperature sensor on the distal tip of the upper heat exchange segment provides the signal representing patient temperature.
In some implementations, a heat exchange segment can be established by an elongated generally cylindrical balloon, or by a series of non-straight, non-helical links through which the working fluid flows serially from link to link. Or, a heat exchange segment can be established by a straight central supply tube surrounded by three helical return tubes. Yet again, a heat exchange segment can be established by alternating segments of bellows regions arid helically fluted regions. If desired, the upper heat exchange segment may be smaller than the lower heat exchange segment to diameter and/or length. The connecting segment may be an elongated tube having a cylindrical outer surface throughout its length, and the connecting segment typically has a smaller diameter than either of the heat exchange segments.
In another aspect, a catheter includes a lower heat exchange segment positionable in the inferior vena cava of a patient without blocking the inferior vena cava such that blood can flow past the lower heat exchange segment. A connecting segment is connected to and extends away from the lower heat exchange segment and is positionable in the superior vena cava through the right atrium of the patient. The connecting segment resides in the superior vena cava when the lower heat exchange element is disposed in the inferior vena cava. Working fluid can be circulated through the heat exchange segment to and from a heat exchange system external to the patient. The heat exchange system establishes a temperature of the working fluid at least in part based on a signal representing patient temperature. A temperature sensor on the connecting segment provides the signal representing patient temperature.
In another aspect, a method includes advancing a catheter into a patient's inferior vena cava from a femoral insertion point, through the right atrium of the patient, and into the superior vena cava of the patient such that a heat exchange part of the catheter remains in the inferior vena catheter and a temperature sensing part of the catheter simultaneously resides hi the superior vena cava. Working fluid is circulated through the heat exchange part to exchange heat with blood flowing past the heat exchange part in the inferior vena cava. The temperature of the working fluid is controlled responsive to signals from the temperature part. Alternatively, the catheter may be advanced into the patient from the opposite direction, i.e., from a neck insertion point such as the jugular vein or subclavian vein, through the superior vena cava, right atrium, and the inferior vena cava to end at a placement in which respective heat exchange parts are in the inferior and superior vena cavae and a connecting part between the heat exchange parts is in the right atrium.
The details of the present invention, both as to its structure and operation, can best be understood in reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals refer to like parts, and in which:
Referring initially to
As shown, working fluid may be circulated between the heat exchange system 12 and catheter 10 through supply and return lines 16, 18 that connect to the proximal end of the catheter 10 as shown. Note that as used herein, “proximal” and “distal” in reference to the catheter are relative to the system 12. A temperature signal from the below-described catheter-borne temperature sensor may be provided to the system 12 through an electrical line 20 or wirelessly if desired. The catheter 10, in addition to interior supply and return lumens through which the working fluid is circulated, may also have one or more infusion lumens connectable to an IV component 22 such as a syringe or IV bag for infusing medicaments into the patient, or an instrument such as an oxygen or pressure monitor for monitoring patient parameters, etc.
The catheter 10 includes a lower heat exchange segment 24 that is positionable through a femoral insertion point into the inferior vena cava 26 of the patient 14 without blocking the inferior vena cava 26 such that blood can flow past the lower heat exchange segment 24 as shown. Also, in some implementations the catheter 10 may include an upper heat exchange segment 28 that is positionable in the superior vane cava 30 of the patient without blocking the superior vena cava 30 such that blood can flow past the upper heat exchange segment 28. The upper heat exchange segment 28 can be smaller than the lower heat exchange segment 24 by virtue of having a smaller diameter than the lower heat exchange segment and/or by being shorter than the lower heat exchange segment. In any case, the upper heat exchange segment 28 is advanced first through the femoral insertion point, through the inferior vena cava and right ventricle, and into the superior vena cava, with the lower heat exchange segment 24 following and being disposed in the inferior vena cava once the upper heat exchange element 28 resides in the superior vena cava. Advancement may be over a guidewire or guide catheter and may be effected using fluoroscopy.
A connecting segment 32 connects the heat exchange segments 24, 28 and is positionable in the right atrium of the heart 34 of the patient. Working fluid is circulated through the heat exchange segments 24, 28 and the connecting segment 32 to and from the heat exchange system 12 external to the patient. Preferably, neither heat exchange segment 24, 28 extends into the atrium of the heart 34; only the connecting segment 32 is disposed in the heart. This is because the connecting segment, which can be a simple elongated thin cylindrical tube with only a supply and return lumen for the upper heat exchange segment 28 (and in some embodiments with one or more infusion lumens if desired), is smaller in diameter than the heat exchange segments 24, 28 so as to minimize the risk of contacting the heart muscle. Note that in some embodiments the upper heat exchange segment 28 may be omitted and the connecting segment 32 may be a very thin tube or even a wire that extends through the right atrium into the superior vena cava 30 for the sole purpose of bearing the below-described temperature sensor.
Indeed and with greater specificity, a temperature sensor 36 may be mounted on the distal tip of the upper heat exchange segment 28 to provide a signal representing patient temperature. Without limitation, the sensor 36 may be a thermistor, thermocouple, resistance temperature detector (RTD), or other suitable sensor. In any case, it will be appreciated that since blood in the superior vena cava flows toward the heart, the blood reaches the sensor 36 before it can be heated or cooled by the upper heat exchange-segment 28. In other words, owing to the placement of the catheter 10 through the heart 34 with the sensor 36 in the superior vena cava, the sensor 36 is upstream of the “thermal shadow” of the heat exchange segment 28 and so provides an accurate indication of core body temperature.
Yet again,
While the particular TRANSATRIAL PATIENT TEMPERATURE CONTROL CATHETER is herein shown and described in detail, it is to be understood that the subject matter which is encompassed by the present invention is limited only by the claims.
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