Patent ID: 9226954
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A61B,A61K

Claim Text:
1. A method of confirming diagnosis of exertional compartment syndrome a mammal, comprising: identifying a first muscle in the mammal having a symptom associated with exertional compartment syndrome; evaluating venous compression of a vein by a second muscle by comparing venous flow in the vein at rest and after stress on the first and second muscles, wherein the second muscle is at a location in the mammal downstream of the first muscle relative to a venous return flow in the vein and the first and second muscles are different; injecting an anaesthetic at the second muscle to block a nerve or a branch of the nerve supplying motor function to the second muscle to immobilize at least a portion of the second muscle compressing the vein; and evaluating the symptom in the first muscle after the block of the nerve or the branch of the nerve supplying motor function to the second muscle to determine if the symptom associated with compartment syndrome is alleviated.