156 results about "Infra-orbital nerve" patented technology

A method for treating nerves in a nasal cavity starts with identifying a patient having a condition occurring outside the nasal cavity. The method then involves activating a console attached to a radiofrequency stylus, advancing a distal tip of the radiofrequency stylus into a nostril of the patient, contacting nasal mucosa lining the nasal cavity with a treatment surface of the distal tip, and delivering radiofrequency energy from one set of bipolar electrodes on the treatment surface of the distal tip to a second set of bipolar electrodes on the treatment surface, to treat at least one nerve underlying the nasal mucosa. Treating the nerve (or nerves) involves modulating activity of the nerve to ameliorate the condition occurring outside the nasal cavity.

In some embodiments, systems and methods can include a wearable device with an electrically conductive skin interface that excites the underlying nerves from a transcutaneous surface stimulator. The device may be sized for a range of user sizes with stimulation electrodes positioned to target the appropriate nerves, such as the saphenous and / or posterior tibial nerves. The therapy may be adjusted based on leg restlessness or movement.

Method for reversing demyelination in a patient having a demyelinating disorder may include detecting one or more biomarkers for demyelination from the patient, receiving, in an implanted vagus nerve stimulator, a command to apply a remyelinating stimulation to the patient based on a level of the detected one or more biomarkers for demyelination; and applying electrical stimulation to the patient's vagus nerve from the implanted vagus nerve stimulator to reverse demyelination and increase remyelination of the patient's nerves. The electrical stimulation may be adjusted based on the level of the detected one or more biomarkers.

Devices and / or methods for treating sleep disordered breathing may include stimulation of a single nerve, multiple nerves, as well as other tissues relating to upper airway patency.

The utility model provides a bite block device for nerve electrophysiology monitoring in an operation, which comprises a lower bite block and an upper bite block, a channel groove for installing a trachea channel is arranged in the lower bite block, and lining plates are oppositely arranged on two sides of the channel groove in the lower bite block; the lower surface of the lower bite block is provided with a lower tooth groove, and the upper surface of the upper bite block is provided with an upper tooth groove. Through the arrangement of the base plate, the upper tooth cushion and the lower tooth cushion can be in full contact with molar teeth in the cavity, so that the pressure borne by incisor teeth is reduced, and the incisor teeth of a patient are prevented from being damaged; the trachea channel is arranged in the middle of the bite block, the inner lining plate is arranged on the outer side of the trachea channel, under protection of the inner lining plate, the trachea can be prevented from being bitten by a patient to be flat, normal use of the trachea is guaranteed, the trachea channel has a certain length and is arranged in the middle of the bite block, and after the whole bite block is arranged in the oral cavity of the patient, the inner trachea channel can press the tongue. The tongue is prevented from entering the space between the upper teeth and the lower teeth and is prevented from being bitten.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical information processing, and particularly discloses a method for identifying a recurrent laryngeal nerve and an adjacent anatomical structure thereof in an ultrasonic image, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining a two-dimensional thyroid region ultrasonic image, and carrying out the fine marking of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, the true thyroid envelope, the false thyroid envelope and the connective tissue; performing uniform size adjustment, normalization and data enhancement on the marked image; performing semantic segmentation on the image to obtain a segmented image containing the recurrent laryngeal nerve and an adjacent anatomical structure region; extracting depth features of the local structure of the segmented image; extracting high-dimensional geometric structure features of the segmented image; fusing the extracted features to form a comprehensive feature vector; and inputting the fused comprehensive feature vector into a classification module to perform automatic classification and identification of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and the adjacent structure thereof. According to the invention, the recognition accuracy and stability in the ultrasonic image can be improved.

The present disclosure is directed to devices, kits, and methods for treating lumbar spinal stenosis by at least partially decompressing a compressed nerve root. The method can include identifying the compressed nerve root and percutaneously accessing a region of a lamina located adjacent to the compressed nerve root. The method can also include forming a channel through the region of the lamina, wherein the channel can be formed medial to a lateral border of the lamina. Further, the method can include expanding the channel in a lateral direction.

Systems and methods for radiofrequency neurotomy. Systems include needles with deployable filaments capable of producing lesions at target volumes, which may include a target nerve. Ablation of at least a portion of the target nerve may inhibit the ability of the nerve to transmit signals, such as pain signals, to the central nervous system. The lesion may facilitate procedures by directing energy towards the target nerve and away from collateral structures. Example anatomical structures include lumbar, thoracic, and cervical medial branch nerves and rami and the sacroiliac joint.

The utility model provides a visual posterior nasal nerve ablation electrode device. The visual posterior nasal nerve ablation electrode device comprises an electrode tip with a camera, a snake bone pipe and an electrode tip swing assembly. The electrode tip is sleeved on the snake bone pipe and is connected with a moving piece in the electrode tip swinging assembly through a rope beam group of the snake bone pipe; by means of the camera, a doctor can more visually find out target tissue in the ablation nasal cavity, the moving part can move when driven, then the rope beam set is pulled, the snake bone pipe is driven by the rope beam set to swing, then bending of the electrode tip is achieved, the electrode tip can accurately reach the diseased position, and tissue ablation is conducted.

Neurostimulation therapy can be efficiently controlled based on information from an acceleration signal, such as can be obtained from an accelerometer. In an example, the accelerometer can be implanted in a cervical region or submandibular region of a patient. Circuitry can be configured to identify a first series of respiration phase transition events in the acceleration signal and, in response, provide the neurostimulation therapy synchronously with an inspiration phase of a patient's respirator cycle. In an example, m absence of identifying the first series of respiration phase transition events in the acceleration signal, the neurostimulation therapy can be provided asynchronously with the patient's respiratory cycle.

The invention relates to the field of medical equipment, in particular to a neck nerve stimulator, a neck nerve stimulation method and a computer readable storage medium, and the neck nerve stimulator comprises a position sensing unit which is used for obtaining neck position information; the energy output unit is used for outputting stimulation energy; the control unit is connected with the position sensing unit and the energy output unit and is used for determining the position of a neck nerve according to the neck position information output by the position sensing unit; the control unit is further used for controlling the energy output unit to output stimulation energy at the position where the neck nerves are located. Accurate positioning and precise stimulation of the neck nerves are achieved, and a common user can use the device conveniently.

1. Name of the product in this design: Body of a surface electrode. 2. Purpose of this design: The body surface electrode and its main body are used in conjunction with a nerve and muscle stimulator to stimulate the vagus nerve in the ear. 3. The key design features of this product are the shape of the main body of the surface electrode. 4. The picture or photo that best illustrates the key design points: Design 1 3D diagram 1. 5. Design 1 is designated as the basic design. 6. Other situations requiring explanation: Other explanation: The dotted lines in the figure indicate the parts of this design that are not claimed.

In an example, a cryotherapy device includes an elongated shaft, and a cryotherapy delivery member coupled to a distal end of the elongated shaft. The cryotherapy delivery member is configured to apply, from a fixed position in a nasal cavity, thermal energy to at least one of a plurality of nerves in the nasal cavity or a plurality of branches of a nerve in the nasal cavity.

The present disclosure relates generally to a device and method for aiding in the repair of a dural tear. According to example embodiments, the device is placed substantially within a dural sac interior to a dural tear. The device provides a shield that prevents the underlying nerve roots (including rootlets) of the spinal cord from intruding into the torn area and prevents them from being injured during the repair procedure. The device also redirects cerebrospinal fluid from the area, which aids the surgeon in viewing the procedure site during suturing and / or repair.

Methods, systems and devices are provided to stimulate the vestibular system in such a way as to influence the neurological components of the autonomic nervous system and reduce an anxiety level in a subject. A device with one or more electrodes placed over a subject's scalp provides vestibular nerve stimulation (VeNS) to the vestibular nerve, which is then carried into the vestibular nucleus in the brainstem and thereafter transmitted to the neurological components of the autonomic nervous system to reduce a physiological reaction to an anxiety event. The characteristics of the stimulation signal and duration of the treatment are configured to allow the treatment to be delivered before, during or after an anxiety event to potentially prevent or at the very least reduce an anxiety response in the subject.

The invention discloses a CYP3A4 postoperative intercostal nerve block puncture injection supporting device, and relates to the technical field of intercostal nerve block, the CYP3A4 postoperative intercostal nerve block puncture injection supporting device comprises a supporting frame, a concentric-square-shaped cavity is formed in the supporting frame, a soft support is fixedly connected to the rear side of the supporting frame, patches are symmetrically and fixedly connected to the two sides of the soft support, and uncovering pieces are movably bonded to the sides, away from the supporting frame, of the patches; the device further comprises a disinfection mechanism, a power assisting mechanism and a puncture injection auxiliary mechanism, the disinfection mechanism is arranged on the rear side of the supporting frame, the power assisting mechanism is arranged in the concentric-square-shaped cavity, and the puncture injection auxiliary mechanism is arranged on the front side of the supporting frame. The situation that when medical staff conduct puncture injection on the intercostal skin of a patient, the puncture needle deviates from the target position in the intercostal space of the patient or mistakenly penetrates through other tissue, and consequently local anesthetic medicine is injected into a wrong area is avoided, and the effect of relieving postoperative pain through medicine injection is guaranteed.

The utility model discloses a skull implantable stimulation device, which comprises a stabbing nerve stimulator and at least one fixing part, the thorn nerve stimulator is used for sending out a nerve stimulation signal; the fixing part is arranged on a curved surface formed by the curvature k1 in the first direction and the curvature k2 in the second direction, and the nerve stimulator is fixed to the skull through the fixing part; wherein the curvature k1 is the curvature in the skull sagittal direction anatomical data; the curvature k2 is the curvature in the skull coronal direction anatomical data. After the skull implantable stimulation device is implanted, the fixing part can be attached to the skull, so that the scalp tension caused after the stimulation device is implanted is reduced.

Systems and methods are provided for applying electrical stimulation to a body by an electrode spaced from a target nerve of passage. It has been discovered that pain felt, or perceived to be felt, in a given region of the body can be treated by stimulating muscle close to a “nerve of passage” in a region that is superior (i.e., cranial or upstream toward the spinal column) to the region where pain is felt, such as in a case of post-amputation residual limb pain, or purportedly felt in the case of post-amputation phantom limb pain.

1. Name of the product in this design: Neck stimulator. 2. Purpose of this design: A stimulator for ultrasonic stimulation of cervical nerves. 3. The key design feature of this product is its shape. 4. The picture or photo that best illustrates the key design points: Design 1 3D diagram 1. 5. Design 1 is designated as the basic design.

The invention relates to a multi-mode eye-brain collaborative maintenance intelligent device, and belongs to the technical field of eye-brain nursing equipment.The device is provided with an impression stimulation module, the impression stimulation module stimulates mild energy of an impression acupoint, the mild energy can be directly conducted to a paranasal sinus olfactory bulb in the deep part of a nasal cavity, the area is the starting end of paranasal sinus nerves, the paranasal sinus nerves are branches of cranial nerves, and therefore the paranasal sinus acupoint can be stimulated; the neural pathway directly extends to brain hippocampus, brain marginal tissue, pituitary gland and other core structures related to neuronutrition and brain metabolism; after stimulation, the paranasal sinus olfactory bulb and paranasal sinus nerves are activated to form a neural pathway for targeted delivery of the atomized liquid, so that the atomized particles of the brain care liquid are adsorbed on the surface of the paranasal sinus olfactory bulb and permeate into the brain along the activated neural pathway, and meanwhile, the permeability of the blood brain barrier is improved, so that the delivery resistance of the atomized liquid to related functional areas of the brain is further reduced, and the targeted delivery of the atomized liquid is realized. Precise nutrition for cranial nerves is achieved, and the problem that brain maintenance is invalid due to the fact that conventional nasal cavity atomized liquid enters the lung is thoroughly solved.

The present disclosure is directed to devices, kits, and methods for treating lumbar spinal stenosis by at least partially decompressing a compressed nerve root. The method can include identifying the compressed nerve root and percutaneously accessing a region of a lamina located adjacent to the compressed nerve root. The method can also include forming a channel through the region of the lamina, wherein the channel can be formed medial to a lateral border of the lamina. Further, the method can include expanding the channel in a lateral direction.

The present invention provides use of lncRNA XR_595534.2 in the preparation of a medicine for the treatment or prevention of chronic pain. In the present invention, trigeminal neuralgia induced by chronic constriction injury of infraorbital nerve in rats is used as a pain model. A specifically and differentially highly expressed long-chain non-coding RNA gene lncRNA XR_595534.2 is screened in the model. An interfering RNA targeting lncRNA XR_595534.2 is provided for disease treatment. The present invention discovers for the first time that lncRNA XR_595534.2, which is specifically and differentially highly expressed in a pain model, has significantly reduced expression by stereotactic injection of an interfering RNA to relieve the pain behavior, and is useful in the preparation of a medicine for the treatment or prevention of trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathic pain, migraine and cancer pain where lncRNA-XR595534.2 is a target.

Botulinum toxin for use in treating asthma in a patient in need thereof is provided. The treatment comprises administering botulinum toxin to the patient. The botulinum toxin may be administered by subcutaneous or intradermal injection. The subcutaneous or intradermal injection may be administered to and / or around the vicinity of a trigeminal nerve, a cervical nerve, a thoracic nerve, a lumbar nerve, a sacral nerve, or a combination thereof of the patient.

Devices and / or methods for treating sleep disordered breathing may include stimulation of a single nerve, multiple nerves, as well as other tissues relating to upper airway patency.

The utility model discloses a nerve monitoring trachea cannula, which belongs to the technical field of medical instruments and comprises a cannula body and a circuit system, and an exposed area is circumferentially arranged on the side wall of the front end of the cannula body; the circuit system comprises a conductive material arranged along the inner wall of the cannula body and a connecting cable arranged outside the cannula body and connected with the conductive material, and a far-end plug of the connecting cable is connected with the nerve monitor; the conductive material forms a contact electrode in contact with the vocal cord on the outer surface of the cannula body in the exposed area of the cannula body, and the contact electrode has a larger contact area than the conductive material. The contact electrode with excellent performance has a larger contact area, so that the contact capacity of the contact electrode and intralaryngeal muscles is improved, the problem that contact is poor or equipment cannot recognize due to larger resistance after contact is solved, the operation difficulty is reduced, the operation time is shortened, and the operation efficiency is improved. The probability of injuring nerves of a patient by an operation is reduced.

Devices, systems, and methods are claimed for the treatment of premature ejaculation using neuromodulation, e.g., via radio frequency (RF) or ultrasound (US) energy to disrupt neural function at the dorsal penile nerves or pelvic floor. In one embodiment, a device for the non-invasive prevention or treatment of premature ejaculation is disclosed, the device being applicable externally to a penis of an individual, the device comprising: at least one radiofrequency (RF) generator configured to generate RF energy; at least one RF electrode suitable for placement on a target penile surface of the penis proximate to at least one dorsal penile nerve; and at least one control circuit connected to the RF generator, wherein the at least one control circuit is operable to cause the RF energy to selectively affect the at least one dorsal penile nerve to prolong ejaculation time.

A device for obliterating the posterior nasal nerve for the treatment of chronic rhinitis, comprising: a radio frequency module comprising a first probe; a laser module comprising a second probe; and a main unit comprising a first power controller and a second power controller, the first power controller and the second power controller being electrically connected to the radiofrequency module and the laser module, respectively, the first power controller setting the output power of the radiofrequency module to 15 watts and applying radiofrequency energy to the anterior, middle, and posterior parts of the inferior turbinate and to the upper, inner, and lower parts of the posterior end of the turbinate in the nasal cavity of a human body by means of the first probe to reduce the volume of the inferior turbinate and ablate the neurovascular structure therein, the second power controller setting the output power of the laser module to 2 watts and applying laser energy to the posterior nasal nerve by means of the second probe to ablate the posterior nasal nerve tissue.