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US 10,314,739 B2Granted
Methods and devices for pain management
AssigneeMyoScience, Inc.
InventorsJohn Allison, Richard Radnovich, Jason Reynolds
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Abstract
A method in which a location is determined on the skin that is proximate to a sensory nerve that is associated with a painful condition. At least one needle of a cryogenic device is inserted into the location on the skin such that the needle is proximate to the sensory nerve. The device is activated such that the at least one needle creates a cooling zone about the sensory nerve, thereby eliminating or reducing severity of the painful condition.
Claims21
A method for reducing knee pain experienced by a patient, the method comprising:
- determining a location of a treatment zone with reference to a skin surface proximate to a nerve associated with pain of a knee of a leg;
- inserting at least one needle of a treatment device through the skin surface and into the treatment zone;
- and
- applying a series of adjacent treatments along a treatment line, the treatment line formed by the series of adjacent treatments being transverse to a length of the nerve, the series of adjacent treatments being applied by:
- positioning the at least one needle at a plurality of positions along the treatment line through a plurality of adjacent access sites in the skin surface for applying the series of adjacent treatments that traverse the nerve such that at least one of the plurality of positions where the at least one needle is positioned is adjacent to the nerve;
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- activating treatment at each of the plurality of positions such that treatment is applied at each of the plurality of positions along the treatment line and about the nerve, thereby blocking signals along the nerve and eliminating or reducing severity of pain.
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