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US 6,656,172 B1Granted
Method for treating severe tinnitus
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorKeith Robert Hildebrand
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Abstract
A method for treating severe tinnitus is disclosed. The method of the present invention comprises implanting a catheter into a patient and administering a therapeutic agent intrathecally into the patient's cerebrospinal fluid.
Claims36
A method of treating tinnitus, the method comprising:
- implanting a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end adapted to infuse at least one therapeutic agent intrathecally into a patient's cerebrospinal fluid;
- and
- infusing the at least one therapeutic agent through the distal end of the catheter.
A method of treating tinnitus by means of an implantable pump and a catheter, the catheter having a proximal end coupled to the implantable pump and a distal end for infusing at least one therapeutic agent, the method comprising the steps of:
- surgically implanting the catheter so that the distal end of the catheter is located in cerebrospinal fluid of a patient;
- and
- operating the implantable pump to discharge a predetermined dosage of the at least one therapeutic agent into the cerebrospinal fluid of the patient whereby the tinnitus is treated by intrathecal infusion.
A method of using at least one therapeutic agent to treat tinnitus, the method comprising:
- implanting a catheter having a proximal end coupled to a pump and a distal end inserted into the subarachnoid space of a patients spinal column;
- and
- operating the pump to deliver the at least one therapeutic agent directly into the cerebrospinal fluid contained in the subarachnoid space of the patients spinal column.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.