Patent ID: 9463071
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61H,B29C

Claim Text:
1. A method for reducing hand and wrist pain experienced by a patient having carpal tunnel syndrome comprising: (a) providing a device adapted for lifting skin at a treatment skin at a treatment site on a patient's body comprising a generally rigid but elastically deformable body comprising: (b) positioning the body on the palm of the patient's hand such that the bridge portion is longitudinally aligned with a median nerve of the hand and is at an elevation above and spaced apart from the skin surface such that there is an gap between the skin surface and the bottom contact surface of the adhesive; and (c) applying downward pressure to the top surface of the bridge portion from a neutral configuration so that the adhesive contacts the skin above the meridian nerve; and (d) removing the downward pressure to the top surface of the bridge portion; and (e) wherein, when the downward pressure is removed, the bridge portion moves upwardly toward the neutral configuration a distance of from about 2 millimeters to about 4 millimeters thereby lifting the adhered skin surface at the treatment site.