Patent ID: 6190370
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
A method for confirming the placement of a catheter in an epidural space of a spine of a subject, comprising:(A) providing:(i) a subject in need of having a catheter inserted in the spine;(ii) a catheter having first and second ends;(iii) an aqueous solution capable of conducting electricity and suitable for administration in the epidural space of said spine of said subject; and(iv) an electrical conduction means;(B) contacting the epidural space of said spine of said subject with said first end of said catheter,(C) attaching said electrical conduction means to said second end of said catheter;(D) administering said aqueous solution through said catheter into said epidural space; and(E) conducting electricity with said electrical conduction means under conditions such that said aqueous solution conducts electricity to said epidural space.