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Patent US7853326 - Method and apparatus for diagnosing and treating neural dysfunction - Google PatenteSuche Bilder Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive Mehr » Erweiterte Patentsuche | Webprotokoll | Anmelden Erweiterte Patentsuche PatenteA 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.de/patents/US7853326?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7853326 - Method and apparatus for diagnosing and treating neural dysfunction Ver�ffentlichungsnummerUS7853326 B2PublikationstypErteilung Anmeldenummer12/501,074 Ver�ffentlichungsdatum14. Dez. 2010Eingetragen10. Juli 2009 Priorit�tsdatum2. Aug. 2005Auch ver�ffentlicht unterEP1749492A1EP1749492B1EP2289449A1EP2319444A1US7574257US8000785US8265747US20070032835US20100016926US20110144634US20120029592 ErfinderIII William J. RittmanUrspr�nglich Bevollm�chtigterNeurotherm, Inc. US-Klassifikation607/2Internationale KlassifikationA61N1/00 UnternehmensklassifikationA61B5/0488A61B5/4893A61B2018/00791A61B2018/00839A61B2018/00702A61B18/1477A61N1/37247A61N1/06A61B2018/00434A61N1/36021 Europ�ische KlassifikationA61B5/0488A61B18/14NA61N1/36E2A61N1/36A61B5/48Y4A61N1/36EA61N1/36E4ReferenzenPatentzitate (80)Nichtpatentzitate (16) Referenziert von (2)Externe LinksUSPTO USPTO-Zuordnung EspacenetMethod and apparatus for diagnosing and treating neural dysfunctionUS 7853326 B2 Zusammenfassung A 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 after the therapeutic energy has been delivered, to assess whether the target nerve was successfully treated. In another embodiment, the device has the capability to record and store sensory stimulation thresholds both before and after treatment is described, which allows the clinician to accurately determine whether the target nerve has been desensitized. Energy control may achieved by simultaneously comparing the tip temperature of each treatment electrode to a set temperature selected by the operator, and regulating the therapeutic energy output to maintain the set temperature. In another embodiment, EMG, stimulation thresholds, and graphs of temperature versus time can be conveniently displayed on a two-dimensional graphics display.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 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.
FIELD The presently described system relates generally to the advancement of medical technology, processes, and systems for the treatment of pain, neurological disorders, and other clinical maladies related to neural dysfunction. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed at a system for producing therapeutic lesions or tissue alterations by means of a high frequency generator connected to a patient via more than one electrode. In below-described exemplary embodiments, therapeutic energy is delivered and regulated simultaneously. Various specific exemplary embodiments of this device accommodate specific exemplary clinical applications and designs.
BACKGROUND The general use of radiofrequency and high frequency generator systems which deliver electrical output to electrodes that are connected to a patient's body is known in the clinical literature and art.
SUMMARY The above-described and other disadvantages of the art are overcome and alleviated by the present method and system for taking the energy output from a high frequency generator module and delivering this energy simultaneously to more than one treatment electrode. In one exemplary embodiment, the energy is regulated by a feedback mechanism such that each electrode's tip temperature is maintained to a level set by the user. This greatly reduces treatment time, providing the patient with a shorter period of discomfort as well as not wasting valuable procedure room time.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION 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.
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