US 7,500,985 B2
	Apparatus and methods for cooling a region within the body
Vahid Saadat, Saratoga, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Nidus Medical, LLC, Suratoga, Calif. (US)
Filed on Apr. 01, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/96,980.
Application 11/096980 is a continuation of application No. 10/841160, filed on May 07, 2004, granted, now 7,232,458.
Application 10/841160 is a continuation of application No. 10/159713, filed on May 31, 2002, granted, now 6,746,474.
Prior Publication US 2005/0171585 A1, Aug. 04, 2005
Int. Cl. A61F 7/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 607—105  [607/104; 607/113]

16 Claims

1. A method for diminishing an impulse transmitted by a vagus nerve within a body, comprising cooling a portion of the vagus nerve such that the impulse is diminished or stopped, wherein thermal energy is transferred from the portion of the vagus nerve to a second region within the body by pumping a fluid heat transfer medium from the portion to the second region.