CPC A61B 18/082 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00232 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00559 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/046 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
1. A medical device comprising:
an expandable member comprising an inner expandable member having an outer surface and an outer expandable member having an inner surface;
a first fluid cavity located between the inner expandable member and the outer expandable member, wherein the first fluid cavity includes walls that are fluid impermeable;
a second fluid cavity, in an interior region defined within an inner surface of the inner expandable member and separated therefrom by a fluid impermeable wall of the walls of the first fluid cavity, the second fluid cavity in fluid communication with an inflation fluid source;
a first resistive heating element impregnated into the inner expandable member outer surface to resistively heat a fluid confined within the first fluid impermeable fluid cavity; and
a second resistive heating element impregnated into the outer expandable member inner surface to resistively heat the fluid confined within the first fluid impermeable fluid cavity.
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