Patent ID: 8715275
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for treating pain associated with a nerve of a patient, the nerve underlying a skin surface, the method comprising: manually manipulating a body with a hand, the body supporting a needle, the body manipulated so as to advance a distal end of the needle through the skin surface to thermally couple the needle with the nerve, wherein the needle has a needle size of 25 gauge or smaller and has a lumen extending distally toward the distal end, wherein a cooling fluid supply tube extends distally within the lumen of the needle, and wherein the manipulating of the body is performed so that the cooling fluid supply tube extends distally of the skin surface; and transmitting cooling fluid from a cooling fluid source to the fluid supply tube within the needle so that the fluid flows through the fluid supply tube distally of the skin surface and cools the needle, and so that the needle cools the nerve sufficiently that the pain is inhibited.