Buchbinder, Maurice,Werneth, Randell Louis,Yianni, Yiannakis Petrou,Nahon, Daniel,Flaherty, J. Christopher,Santoianni, Domenic
申请号：
AU2012241537
公开号：
AU2012241537B2
申请日:
2012.04.13
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
There is provided a method of supplying cryoenergy to a plaque within a blood vessel. The method comprises expanding an expandable membrane of a catheter apparatus with a pressure of less than 5 ATM (507 kPa), the catheter apparatus having been placed in thermal contact with the plaque within the blood vessel. The method also comprises establishing a temperature of between +15°C (288K) and -35+C (238K) at an interface of the expandable membrane and the blood vessel. A system and catheter apparatus are also provided.
