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Patent US7853326 - Method and apparatus for diagnosing and treating neural dysfunction - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA method and apparatus for diagnosing and treating neural dysfunction is disclosed. This device has the capability of delivering the therapeutic electrical energy to more than one treatment electrode simultaneously. In another exemplary embodiment, this device can perform EMG testing both before and...http://www.google.com/patents/US7853326?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7853326 - Method and apparatus for diagnosing and treating neural dysfunctionAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7853326 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/501,074Publication dateDec 14, 2010Filing dateJul 10, 2009Priority dateAug 2, 2005Fee statusPaidAlso published asDE602006016692D1, EP1749492A1, EP1749492B1, EP2289449A1, EP2289449B1, EP2319444A1, EP2319444B1, US7574257, US8000785, US8265747, US8560062, US8818503, US20070032835, US20100016926, US20110144634, US20120029592, US20130190846, US20140005747Publication number12501074, 501074, US 7853326 B2, US 7853326B2, US-B2-7853326, US7853326 B2, US7853326B2InventorsWilliam J. Rittman, IIIOriginal AssigneeNeurotherm, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (80), Non-Patent Citations (16), Referenced by (2), Classifications (20), Legal Events (7) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethod and apparatus for diagnosing and treating neural dysfunction
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/498,446 filed on Aug. 2, 2006, entitled �Method and Apparatus for Diagnosis and Treating Neural Dysfunction�, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,574,257 on Aug. 11, 2009, and which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/704,849, filed on Aug. 2, 2005, the entire disclosures of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Referring to FIG. 1, an exemplary embodiment is illustrated. Mode select switch 20 allows the user to independently connect each electrode, each of which is identified as 60, to the high frequency power source. This permits the high frequency power source to selectively be connected to each electrode for the purpose of doing individual impedance measurements or stimulation threshold testing. An additional selection on the mode select switch allows therapeutic high frequency energy to be delivered to each electrode 60. The high frequency energy is delivered simultaneously to each electrode and the individual electrode temperatures are measured and continuously compared to the user set temperature, represented by 40 in FIG. 1. As also shown in FIG. 1, the electrodes are separate and not connected to one another. In other words, the electrodes are separate probes that each incorporate active electrode elements. The term �electrode(s)� as used alone hereinafter refers to a probe(s) having the active electrode element(s). In this embodiment the individual electrode temperatures are displayed on a two-dimensional graphics panel identified by 10 in the figure. Also within the graphics display is a representation of temperature vs. time displayed in graphic format. Indicator lights, represented by 30 in FIG. 1, indicate which electrode is active at that particular moment. In this way the user always knows which electrode is active when the mode select has been set to a particular electrode, and will also indicate during high frequency therapeutic treatment which electrodes are being activated at any given time.
It is very important to note two things from this figure�one is that to the high frequency power source that delivers the high frequency energy and/or low frequency stimulation pulses could be incorporated into this device or could be a separate stand-alone unit, with this device interposed between the high frequency power source and the electrodes. Though the figure shows this device as being AC line connected (that is requiring an electrical outlet for the unit to be plugged into), a battery-operated device may also be used.
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