Patent ID: 9233194
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M,D03C

Claim Text:
1. 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; and 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.