Methods for treating the thoracic region of a patient's body
OwnerAmy LEFLER, Neil Godara +1inventors
InventorsAmy LEFLER, Neil Godara, Robert Harrison
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for the treatment of a thoracic region of a patient's body. Embodiments of the method comprise positioning an energy delivery portion of an electrosurgical device to face a segment of a thoracic vertebra at a distance from the segment; and cooling the energy delivery portion and delivering energy through the energy delivery portion.
Claims22
A method of treatment of a thoracic region of a patient's body, the method comprising:
- positioning an energy delivery portion of an electrosurgical device to face a segment of a thoracic vertebra at a distance from the segment;
- and
- cooling the energy delivery portion and delivering energy through the energy delivery portion.
A method of treating a nerve in the thoracic region of a patient's body, the method comprising:
- positioning an energy delivery portion of an electrosurgical device to face a region where the nerve is likely to be found, at a distance from the region, the region being located substantially distal to the energy delivery portion;
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- cooling the energy delivery portion and delivering energy from the energy delivery portion to form a lesion at the nerve.
A method of treating a thoracic region of a patient's spine, the method comprising:
- inserting a first electrosurgical device at a segment of a transverse process of a first thoracic vertebra;
- moving the first electrosurgical device in a substantially cranial direction until a distal tip of the first electrosurgical device slips over a superolateral aspect of the transverse process;
- inserting a second electrosurgical device at a segment of a second thoracic vertebra adjacent to the first thoracic vertebra;
- moving the second electrosurgical device in a substantially caudal direction until a distal tip of the second electrosurgical device slips over the inferiolateral aspect of the transverse process;
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- delivering energy between the first electrosurgical device and the second electrosurgical device in a bipolar manner while substantially cooling the first electrosurgical device and the second electrosurgical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.