Systems and methods for repairing spinal disc injury or treating spinal disc disease using copper
AssigneePanacea Spine, LLC
InventorAra Deukmedjian
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Abstract
A method for treating or repairing a damaged spinal disc of a patient may include inserting, using medical imaging, a shaft with a lumen extending from an exterior of a patient to the damaged spinal disc, dispensing copper particles, using the lumen, to the damaged spinal disc, and removing the hollow shaft from the patient. A system may include a syringe and copper particles in the syringe. A kit may include copper particles, and at least one of a guidewire, one or more dilators, a tubular retractor, a disposable endoscope, a disposable laser fiber; an endoscopic rongeurs, indigo carmine dye, or a fluid adaptor.
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A method for treating or repairing a damaged spinal disc of a patient, comprising:
- inserting, using medical imaging, a hollow shaft with a lumen extending from an exterior of a patient to the damaged spinal disc;
- dispensing copper particles, using the lumen, to the damaged spinal disc, the copper particles in a dry powder, a liquid solution, or a gel suspension;
- and
- removing the hollow shaft from the patient.
A method for treating or repairing a damaged spinal disc of a patient, comprising:
- inserting a guidewire, using a guidewire introducer needle and the medical imaging, to the damaged spinal disc;
- inserting at least one hollow dilator over the guidewire to the damaged spinal disc;
- inserting, using medical imaging, an endoscopic tubular retractor having a hollow shaft defining a lumen extending from an exterior of a patient to the damaged spinal disc, the hollow shaft within a range from 1 mm to 12 mm in diameter, the endoscopic tubular retractor inserted over the at least one hollow dilator to the damaged spinal disc;
- removing the guidewire and the at least one hollow dilator from the endoscopic tubular retractor,
- using a syringe with a barrel containing copper particles, a plunger, and a needle advanced into the lumen of the endoscopic tubular retractor to dispense the copper particles to the damaged spinal disc by actuating the plunger to push the copper particles through the needle;
- and
- removing the endoscopic tubular retractor from the patient.
A method for treating or repairing a damaged spinal disc of a patient, comprising:
- inserting, using medical imaging, a hollow shaft with a lumen extending from an exterior of a patient to the damaged spinal disc;
- dispensing copper particles coated with hydroxyethyl cellulose, using the lumen, to the damaged spinal disc;
- and
- removing the hollow shaft from the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.