WO2005102440A3 - Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus - Google Patents

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WO2005102440A3
WO2005102440A3 PCT/US2005/012981 US2005012981W WO2005102440A3 WO 2005102440 A3 WO2005102440 A3 WO 2005102440A3 US 2005012981 W US2005012981 W US 2005012981W WO 2005102440 A3 WO2005102440 A3 WO 2005102440A3
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discs
disc
pain
catheter device
catheter
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David R Miller
Todd Alamin
Peter F Campbell
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Innospine Inc
David R Miller
Todd Alamin
Peter F Campbell
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Priority to CA002563912A priority Critical patent/CA2563912A1/en
Priority to EP05740085A priority patent/EP1747037A2/en
Priority to AU2005235099A priority patent/AU2005235099A1/en
Priority to JP2007508597A priority patent/JP2007532265A/en
Priority to MXPA06011821A priority patent/MXPA06011821A/en
Application filed by Innospine Inc, David R Miller, Todd Alamin, Peter F Campbell filed Critical Innospine Inc
Publication of WO2005102440A2 publication Critical patent/WO2005102440A2/en
Publication of WO2005102440A3 publication Critical patent/WO2005102440A3/en
Priority to US11/597,349 priority patent/US20080027407A1/en
Priority to US11/616,215 priority patent/US20080021435A1/en
Priority to US11/616,219 priority patent/US8157786B2/en
Priority to US11/616,222 priority patent/US7905874B2/en
Priority to US11/616,213 priority patent/US7824390B2/en
Priority to US11/616,212 priority patent/US7955312B2/en
Priority to US11/616,223 priority patent/US20080077172A1/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M31/00—Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3478—Endoscopic needles, e.g. for infusion
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/56—Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3417—Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating
    • A61B17/3421—Cannulas
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3472—Trocars; Puncturing needles for bones, e.g. intraosseus injections
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/00234—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for minimally invasive surgery
    • A61B2017/00238—Type of minimally invasive operation
    • A61B2017/00261—Discectomy
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B2017/0046—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets with a releasable handle; with handle and operating part separable
    • A61B2017/00469—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets with a releasable handle; with handle and operating part separable for insertion of instruments, e.g. guide wire, optical fibre
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B2017/348—Means for supporting the trocar against the body or retaining the trocar inside the body
    • A61B2017/3482—Means for supporting the trocar against the body or retaining the trocar inside the body inside
    • A61B2017/3484—Anchoring means, e.g. spreading-out umbrella-like structure
    • A61B2017/3488—Fixation to inner organ or inner body tissue

Abstract

Methods, devices and systems facilitate diagnosis, and in some cases treatment, of back pain originating in intervertebral discs. Methods generally involve introducing one or more substances into one or more discs using a catheter device. In one embodiment, a patient assumes a position that causes back pain, and a substance such as an anesthetic or analgesic is introduced into the disc to determine whether the substance relieves the pain. Injections into multiple discs may optionally be performed, to help pinpoint a disc as a source of the patient's pain. In some embodiments, the catheter device is left in place, and possibly coupled with another implantable device, to provide treatment of one or more discs. A catheter device includes at least one anchoring member for maintaining a distal portion of the catheter within a disc.
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CA002563912A CA2563912A1 (en) 2004-04-16 2005-04-15 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus
EP05740085A EP1747037A2 (en) 2004-04-16 2005-04-15 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus
AU2005235099A AU2005235099A1 (en) 2004-04-16 2005-04-15 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus
JP2007508597A JP2007532265A (en) 2004-04-16 2005-04-15 Method and apparatus for diagnosing the spinal cord
MXPA06011821A MXPA06011821A (en) 2004-04-16 2005-04-15 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus.
US11/597,349 US20080027407A1 (en) 2004-04-16 2006-11-20 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus
US11/616,223 US20080077172A1 (en) 2004-04-16 2006-12-26 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus
US11/616,212 US7955312B2 (en) 2004-04-16 2006-12-26 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus
US11/616,215 US20080021435A1 (en) 2004-04-16 2006-12-26 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus
US11/616,219 US8157786B2 (en) 2004-04-16 2006-12-26 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus
US11/616,222 US7905874B2 (en) 2004-04-16 2006-12-26 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus
US11/616,213 US7824390B2 (en) 2004-04-16 2006-12-26 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus

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