Surgical guide and method for guiding a therapy delivery device into the pterygopalatine fossa
AssigneeThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation
InventorFrancis A. Papay
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Abstract
A surgical guide to facilitate delivery of a therapy delivery device into the pterygopalatine fossa of a subject includes a curvilinear body having a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and an intermediate portion extending between the distal and proximal end portions. The proximal end portion is defined by oppositely disposed first and second surfaces. The proximal end portion and the intermediate portion define a longitudinal plane that extends between the proximal and distal end portions. The distal end portion has an arcuate configuration relative to the longitudinal plane and is defined by oppositely disposed third and fourth surfaces.
Claims32
1-19. (canceled)
A method of delivering a neurostimulator to within close proximity of a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG), comprising:
- making an incision over a skull;
- inserting a surgical guide into the incision;
- advancing the surgical guide under a zygomatic bone along a maxillary tuberosity towards a PPF;
- and
- delivering the neurostimulator in close proximity to the SPG.
25-27. (canceled)
A method of treating a neurological disorder, comprising:
- making an incision over a skull;
- inserting a surgical guide into the incision;
- advancing the surgical guide under a zygomatic bone along a maxillary tuberosity towards a pterygopalatine fossa (PPF);
- delivering a neurostimulator in close proximity to the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG);
- and
- applying an electrical current from the neurostimulator to the SPG to treat the neurological disorder.
A method of obtaining treatment of a neurological disorder, comprising:
- receiving an incision over a skull;
- receiving a surgical guide through the incision;
- receiving the surgical guide under a zygomatic bone along a maxillary tuberosity towards a pterygopalatine fossa (PPF);
- receiving a neurostimulator in close proximity to the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG);
- and
- receiving an electrical current from the neurostimulator to the SPG to obtain treatment of the neurological disorder.
A method of obtaining treatment of a neurological disorder in a subject, comprising:
- receiving an incision over a skull of the subject;
- receiving a surgical guide through the incision;
- receiving the surgical guide under a zygomatic bone along a maxillary tuberosity towards a pterygopalatine fossa (PPF);
- receiving a neurostimulator in close proximity to the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG);
- receiving an electrical current from the neurostimulator to the SPG to obtain treatment of the neurological disorder;
- and
- applying, by the subject, an electrical current from the neurostimulator to the SPG to treat the neurological disorder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.