Modifying humidity to glabrous tissue for the treatment of migraine and other conditions
AssigneeCore Thermal, Inc.
InventorsMark L. Swyer, Iain Hueton
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Abstract
Systems and methods for improving or preventing a condition, such as the treatment of pain syndromes and migraine headaches are disclosed. A method for treating pain can include one or more of the steps including identifying a region of the patient comprising glabrous tissue; positioning the region of the patient comprising glabrous tissue into an enclosed chamber; adjusting the relative humidity of the enclosed chamber sufficient to create a physiologic effect. The method need not involve altering the temperature within the enclosed chamber.
Claims20
A system for stimulating glabrous tissue of a patient, comprising:
- a housing surrounding an enclosed chamber;
- a humidifer configured to supply humidified air to the chamber sufficient to minimize heat loss from the glabrous tissue, the humidifed air having a relative humidity of between about 90% and about 99%;
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- a patient port operably connected to the chamber and configured to house a region of the skin surface of a patient comprising the glabrous tissue, the patient port being configured to reversibly create an air-tight seal upon isolation of the region of the skin surface with respect to an interior of the chamber.
A method for treating a patient, comprising:
- identifying a region of the patient comprising glabrous tissue;
- positioning the region of the patient comprising glabrous tissue into an enclosed chamber, isolating the region of the patient from the remainder of the patient;
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- applying a gas having a preselected first relative humidity at room temperature selectively to a region of the patient comprising glabrous tissue within the enclosed chamber, wherein the first relative humidity is greater than about 90% and less than about 100%.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.