Patents Assigned to First Circle Medical, Inc.
  • Treatment of hepatitis C using hyperthermia
    Patent number: 6951219
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating a patient infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) comprising raising the core temperature of the patient and then returning the core temperature of the patient to normal at least one time, wherein the core temperature is raised to a temperature range and a duration sufficient to reduce or eliminate the patient's viral load of HCV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: First Circle Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Emil Groth, Theodore Charles Kelly, Todd L. Westerbeck, Gary Blick
  • Treatment of hepatitis C using hyperthermia
    Patent number: 6644320
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating a patient infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) comprising raising the core temperature of the patient and then returning the core temperature of the patient to normal at least one time, wherein the core temperature is raised to a temperature range and a duration sufficient to reduce or eliminate the patient's viral load of HCV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: First Circle Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Emil Groth, Theodore Charles Kelly, Todd L. Westerbeck, Gary Blick
  • Treatment of human herpesviruses using hyperthermia
    Patent number: 6415797
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating a patient infected with a human herpesvirus comprising raising the core temperature of the patient and then returning the core temperature of the patient to normal at least one time, wherein the core temperature is raised to a temperature range and a duration sufficient to reduce or eliminate the patient's viral load of the human herpesvirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: First Circle Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Emil Groth, Theodore Charles Kelly, Todd L. Westerbeck, Gary Blick
  • Bladder catheter for hyperthermia system
    Patent number: 6406452
    Abstract: The invention provides a hyperthermia system comprising a catheter having an elongate body having a distal end and having a proximal end; a first temperature sensor located proximate the distal tip; and an inflatable cuff mounted distal of said first temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: First Circle Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd L. Westerbeck
  • Treatment of hepatitis C using hyperthermia
    Patent number: 6347633
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating a patient infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) comprising raising the core temperature of the patient and then returning the core temperature of the patient to normal at least one time, wherein the core temperature is raised to a temperature range and a duration sufficient to reduce or eliminate the patient's viral load of HCV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: First Circle Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Emil Groth, Theodore Charles Kelly, Todd L. Westerbeck, Gary Blick
  • Thermal sensor for hyperthermia system
    Patent number: 6336911
    Abstract: The invention provides a temperature probe comprising an inlet end opposed to an outlet end; a flow-directing passage defined by a wall; the wall, the inlet end, and the outlet end configured to define a longitudinal axis; a strut attached to the wall at an attachment site, and a temperature sensor located at the distal tip of the strut to position the sensor in the flow of fluid along the longitudinal axis through the passage, wherein the distance from the inlet end to the sensor is less than the distance from the inlet end to the attachment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: First Circle Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd L. Westerbeck
  • Extracorporeal whole body hyperthermia using alpha-stat regulation of blood pH and pCO2
    Patent number: RE38203
    Abstract: A device and method for extracorporeal whole body hyperthermia treatment of a patient's blood using alpha-stat regulation of blood pH and pCO2 is described. The respiratory rate of a patient is either increased or decreased in accordance with the changes in pH, pCO2, and base excess. The regulation of blood during the hyperthermic treatment of the patient's blood stabilizes the biochemical reactions fundamental to the metabolic welfare of the organisms within the patient's blood while the viruses within the patient's blood are eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: First Circle Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Theodore C. Kelly