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US 2013/0211392 A1Published application
Selective delivery of cryogenic energy to intervertebral disc tissue and related methods of intradiscal hypothermia therapy
OwnerAllen Carlinventor
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Abstract
A method of delivering cryogenic energy within a vertebral body comprising forming a hole within the vertebral body; inserting a cryoprobe into said body, wherein said cryoprobe has a distal tip and a thermally transmissive region located proximate to said tip; activating said thermally transmissive region; and delivering cryogenic energy for one or more time periods in the range of 1 minute to 60 minutes.
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A method of delivering cryogenic energy within a vertebral body comprising:
- forming a hole within the vertebral body;
- inserting a cryoprobe into said body, wherein said cryoprobe has a distal tip and a thermally transmissive region located proximate to said tip;
- activating said thermally transmissive region;
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- delivering cryogenic energy for one or more time periods in the range of 1 minute to 60 minutes.
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