Bursitis treatment device and method
AssigneeVesalius Medical Technologies BVBA
InventorsJohan Lionel Van Den Bossche, Stefaan Michiel Maria Mulier, Kristoffel Pieter Maria Mulier, Michiel Willem Jozef Mulier
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Abstract
A bursitis treatment device (100; 200) for treatment of inflammation of a bursa (150; 502) in a patients joint includes: a rinsing aid; a reservoir (101; 201) for holding the rinsing aid in fluid, freezing fluid or gaseous state; a supply line (103; 204, 208) for transporting the rinsing aid; a heat exchanger (104; 203) for controlling the temperature of the rinsing aid—such that the temperature of the rinsing aid enables to destroy cells causing the inflammation; an access device (209) for injecting the rinsing aid into the bursa (150; 205); and a drain (105; 210) for removing the rinsing aid from the bursa (150; 205) for elimination.
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A bursitis treatment device for treatment of inflammation of a bursa in a patient, said bursitis treatment device comprising:
- a rinsing aid;
- a reservoir for holding said rinsing aid in fluid, freezing fluid or gaseous state;
- a heat exchanger for controlling the temperature of said rinsing aid such that said temperature of said rinsing aid destroys the bursa cells causing the inflammation within a few minutes;
- a supply line, coupled to said reservoir, for transporting said rinsing aid from said reservoir to the bursa;
- an access device, coupled to said supply line, for injecting said rinsing aid into the bursa, said access device being shaped and sharpened for penetration of the patient's skin, underlying tissue, and a bursa wall of the bursa;
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- a drain for removing said rinsing aid from the bursa for elimination;
- wherein the bursa resides under the patient's shoulder muscles, at the patient's elbow, causing epitrochlear bursitis, near the patient's thigh or hip, causing tronchanteric bursitis, at the patient's heel bones, causing retrocalcaneal bursitis, at the patient's kneecaps, causing infrapatellar bursitis, or in the patient's buttocks, causing ischiogluteal bursitis.
A bursitis treatment method for treatment of inflammation of a bursa in a patients joint, said bursitis treatment method comprising the steps of:
- insertion of an access device shaped and sharpened for penetration of the patient's skin, underlying tissue, and bursa wall in the bursa;
- injecting via a supply line, coupled between a reservoir and said access device, a temperature controlled rinsing aid into the bursa;
- controlling the temperature of said rinsing aid such that said temperature of said rinsing aid destroys bursa cells causing the inflammation within an acceptable time interval of a few minutes;
- and
- removing via a drain said rinsing aid from the bursa for elimination;
- wherein the bursa resides under the patient's shoulder muscles, at the patient's elbow, causing epitrochlear bursitis, near the patient's thigh or hip, causing tronchanteric bursitis, at the patient's heel bones, causing retrocalcaneal bursitis, at the patient's kneecaps, causing infrapatellar bursitis, or in the patient's buttocks, causing isichiogluteal bursitis.
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