Owner The Johns Hopkins University

Inventors Harikrishna, Tandri; Zviman, Menekhem Muz

Agent Wrays

Pub. Number AU-A-2011218179

PCT Pub. Number WO2011/103208

Priority 61/315,218 18.03.10 US; 61/305,038 16.02.10 US

Filing date 16 February 2011

Wipo publication date 25 August 2011

A61B 18/02 Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

A61F 7/00 Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body

A61M 5/14 Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way - Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity

A61M 16/06 Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration - Respiratory or anaesthetic masks

A61M 19/00 Other devices for producing sleep or stupor

A61M 25/01 Catheters - Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters

A61M 31/00 Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body