Methods and systems for treatment of systemic inflammatory disorders
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorsNishant DOCTOR, Alexander SACKEIM
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Abstract
Medical energy devices, systems, and methods that allows for treatment of systemic inflammatory disorders through modulation of neural activity.
Claims23
A method of applying an energy to one or more target nerves within a patient, the method comprising:
- providing an energy device having a marker, where the marker is detachable from the energy device and where the energy device comprises an nesting area permitting coupling of the marker and the energy device;
- determining an area on an exterior surface of the patient that allows passage of energy from the energy device through the exterior surface to the one or more target nerves;
- affixing the marker on the area at the exterior surface;
- coupling the energy device to the marker and to the patient such that the marker aligns the energy device towards the one or more target nerves;
- applying energy from the energy device to the one or more target nerves through the exterior surface of the patient;
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- detaching the energy device from the marker and the patient, where the marker remains affixed to the patient to permit subsequent attachment of the energy device to the marker and the patient and where the marker permits alignment of the energy device to the one or more target nerves.
A method of performing a repeat therapy to treat one or more target nerves with energy, where a marker is affixed to a patient such that the marker is previously positioned on an exterior surface of the patient in alignment with the one or more target nerves within the patient, the method comprising:
- coupling an energy device to the marker such that the marker aligns the energy device with the one or more target nerves;
- applying energy from the energy device to the one or more target nerves through the exterior surface of the patient;
- and
- detaching the energy device from the marker and the patient, where the marker remains affixed to the patient to permit subsequent attachment of the energy device to the marker and the patient and where the marker permits alignment of the energy device to the one or more target nerves.
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A system for providing a repeated therapy to an internal organ within a patient, the system comprising:
- a marker configured to be affixed to an exterior of the patient;
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- an energy device having an energy treatment portion and having a fastener configured to permit securing of the energy device to an exterior of the patient, the energy device further including a mating surface to couple the marker and the energy device, such that when the marker is affixed to the exterior of the patient the energy device can be coupled to the marker allowing for automatic alignment of the energy treatment portion to the internal organ from the exterior of the patient.
-38. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.