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US 2004/0062819 A1Published application
Method for treating severe tinnitus
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorKeith Robert Hildebrand
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Abstract
A method for treating severe tinnitus is disclosed. The method of the present invention comprises implanting a catheter into a patient and administering a drug formulation or fluid comprising a therapeutic agent intrathecally into the patient's cerebrospinal fluid.
Claims52
A method of treating tinnitus, the method comprising:
- implanting a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end adapted to infuse a drug formulation intrathecally into a patient's cerebrospinal fluid, the drug formulation comprising at least one therapeutic agent and a solvent;
- and
- infusing the drug formulation through the distal end of the catheter.
A method of treating tinnitus using gabapentin, the method comprising:
- implanting a catheter having a proximal end coupled to a pump and a distal end inserted into the subarachnoid space of a patients spinal column;
- and
- operating the pump to deliver a fluid comprising gabapentin directly into the cerebrospinal fluid contained in the subarachnoid space of the patient's spinal column.
A method of treating tinnitus using a thyrotropin-releasing hormone, the method comprising:
- implanting a catheter having a proximal end coupled to a pump and a distal end inserted into the subarachnoid space of a patients spinal column;
- and
- operating the pump to deliver a fluid comprising the thyrotropin-releasing hormone directly into the cerebrospinal fluid contained in the subarachnoid space of the patient's spinal column.
A method of treating tinnitus using sodium valproate, the method comprising:
- implanting a catheter having a proximal end coupled to a pump and a distal end inserted into the subarachnoid space of a patients spinal column;
- and
- operating the pump to deliver a fluid comprising sodium valproate directly into the cerebrospinal fluid contained in the subarachnoid space of the patient's spinal column.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.