Device and method for intraosseous dental administration
AssigneeDr. Barney Paradigms, Lc
InventorBarney Todd Olsen
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Abstract
An intraosseous tack device is configured to puncture alveolar bone or other human or animal bone at a targeted site of the mouth or body to provide an access point for the delivery of local anesthesia or other medicament. The device includes a tack having a head member and an elongate member extending from the head member. The elongate member is inserted into a sleeve, and the sleeve is coupled to a handle. At least a portion of the sleeve is collapsible, so that when a compressive force is applied to the head member of the tack, the sleeve partially collapses to a shorter length, allowing the distal end of the tack to pass out of the opposite end of the sleeve for puncturing the alveolar bone at the targeted site.
Claims20
A device configured for puncturing bone to provide an access point for intraosseous delivery of a medicament, the device comprising:
- a tack having a flattened head member and an elongate member extending from the head member;
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- a sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis between the proximal end and the distal end, the lumen being sized so as to receive the elongate member of the tack and being sized so as to prevent passage of the head member of the tack into the lumen,
- wherein the sleeve includes a rigid portion and a collapsible portion, the collapsible portion being configured to collapse along a line substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve to thereby shorten the sleeve.
A device configured for puncturing bone to provide an access point for intraosseous delivery of a medicament, the device comprising:
- a tack having a flattened head member and an elongate member extending from the head member;
- a sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis between the proximal end and the distal end, the lumen being sized so as to receive the elongate member of the tack and being sized so as to prevent passage of the head member of the tack into the lumen,
- wherein the sleeve includes a rigid portion and a collapsible portion, the collapsible portion being configured to collapse along a line substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve to thereby shorten the sleeve;
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- a handle coupled to the sleeve, wherein the handle has a longitudinal axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve.
A method of puncturing bone to provide an access point for intraosseous delivery of a medicament, the method comprising:
- providing a puncture device, the puncture device including
- a tack having a flattened head member and an elongate member extending from the head member;
- a sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis between the proximal end and the distal end, the lumen being sized so as to receive the elongate member of the tack and being sized so as to prevent passage of the head member of the tack into the lumen,
- wherein the sleeve includes a rigid portion and a collapsible portion, the collapsible portion being configured to collapse along a line substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve to thereby shorten the sleeve;
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- a handle coupled to the rigid portion of the sleeve;
- positioning the distal end of the sleeve at a targeted area adjacent to a targeted tooth to be anesthetized;
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- actuating the puncture device to cause the elongate member of the tack to pass into and through cortical bone at the targeted area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.