70 results about "Lumbar spinal stenosis" patented technology

In various embodiments, the present invention provides a plurality of novel interspinous distraction devices and associated methods of insertion. The interspinous distraction devices of the present invention are designed and configured to effectively treat such conditions as lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease. Advantageously, the interspinous distraction devices of the present invention may be inserted through conventional open procedures, typically requiring a relatively large incision and a general anesthetic, or through novel minimally-invasive procedures, typically requiring only a local anesthetic. These novel minimally-invasive procedures and related enabling devices are also disclosed and described herein.

In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides a plurality of novel interspinous distraction devices and associated methods of insertion. The interspinous distraction devices of the present invention are designed and configured to effectively treat such conditions as lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease. Advantageously, the interspinous distraction devices of the present invention may be inserted through conventional open procedures, typically requiring a relatively large incision and a general anesthetic, or through novel minimally-invasive procedures, typically requiring only a local anesthetic. These novel minimally-invasive procedures and related enabling devices are also disclosed and described herein.

A saddle-shaped compression device and methods of fastening a dysfunctional intervertebral disc are used to (1) compress a protrusion to alleviate nerve impingement, (2) fortify the annulus to stabilize a motion segment, (3) minimize the inward / outward bulging and delamination of the annulus, (4) atrophy the nerve to treat discogenic pain, (5) correct the curvature of spinal deformities, (6) elevate the disc space to treat spinal stenosis, and (7) seal the seepage of nucleus pulposus from a herniated disc.

A spinal implant for treating lumbar spinal stenosis or as an adjunct to spinal fusion. The implant includes a body portion having an interior cavity. A plurality of locking wings are adapted and configured to move between a stowed position retracted within the interior cavity of the body portion and a deployed position extended from the interior cavity of the body portion. In the deployed position, the wings fix the implant in a selected interspinous space. A cable and wheel arrangement moves the plurality of locking wings from the stowed position to the deployed position and a ratchet / pawl assembly prevents backward movement of the wings.

This invention relates generally to spine surgery and, in particular, to methods and apparatus for treating spinal stenosis. The methods comprising gaining access to an interspinous space, abrading a portion of the superior spinous process, inserting an implant into the interspinous process space, verifying the position of the implant by observing the position of three radio-opaque markers embedded in the implant, and coupling the implant to the superior spinous process.

A spinal implant for treating lumbar spinal stenosis or as an adjunct to spinal fusion. The implant includes a body portion having an interior cavity. A plurality of locking wings are adapted and configured to move between a stowed position retracted within the interior cavity of the body portion and a deployed position extended from the interior cavity of the body portion. In the deployed position, the wings fix the implant in a selected interspinous space. A cable and wheel arrangement moves the plurality of locking wings from the stowed position to the deployed position and a ratchet / pawl assembly prevents backward movement of the wings.

Disclosed is an implant for treating lumbar spinal canal stenosis, comprising a spacer that is proved with an elongate interior space into which an insert part can be inserted. A first retaining element is fixed in the spacer in the inserted state. Said first retaining part can be folded apart by inserting the insert part while a second rear retaining element that is molded onto the insert part simultaneously comes to rest on the vertebral processes, thus making it possible to insert the implant unilaterally while reducing the risk of having to undergo possible postoperative interventions.

Systems and methods for treating spinal stenosis include endoscopic access devices and bone removal devices used to perform a foraminotomy or other bone removal procedures. Some of the bone removal devices include expandable members which may be used to control the forced exerted and / or position of the bone removal mechanism, and to protect neurovascular structures and other soft tissue structures from the bone removal mechanism. Other bone removal devices include a trephine with a viewing window and a guide wire lumen used to position the trephine at a target tissue site using an anchored wire. The viewing window may be used to monitor structures or tissues adjacent to the target tissue site.

In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides a plurality of novel interspinous distraction devices and associated methods of insertion. The interspinous distraction devices of the present invention are designed and configured to effectively treat such conditions as lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease. Advantageously, the interspinous distraction devices of the present invention may be inserted through conventional open procedures, typically requiring a relatively large incision and a general anesthetic, or through novel minimally-invasive procedures, typically requiring only a local anesthetic. These novel minimally-invasive procedures and related enabling devices are also disclosed and described herein.

The invention discloses an external-use medicinal liquor used for treating the rheumatoid bone disease, which is prepared from Han pseudo-ginseng, the root of red-rooted salvia, siegesbeckia orientalis, Chinese Polyphaga, root of common peony, scorpio, earthworm, centipede, myrrh, Angelica sinensis, polygonum multiflorum, astragalus mongholicus, ligusticum wallichii, corydalis tuber, cassia twig, monkshood, cinnamon, parasitic loranthus, achyranthes bidentata, rhizoma cibotii, geranium wilfordii, pyrola, garden balsam stem, long-noded pit viper, drynaria rhizome, mulberry twig, radix aconiti agrestis, fennel, honeycomb, monkshood, radix clematidis, fructus kochiae, Qiannian amaranth, caulis spatholobi, cortex acanthopanacis, cistanche, herba epimedii, the seed of Chinese dodder, eucommia ulmoides, teasel root, prepared rehmannia root, elecampane, frankincense, pawpaw, cortex dictamni, liquorice, rheum officinale and tortoise shell by the traditional Chinese herbal medicine processing technology. The external-use medicinal liquor is prepared from pure traditional Chinese medicine, does not have toxic or side effect, treats both principal and secondary aspect of diseases, has obvious curative effect and can be used for treating various symptoms, such as rheumatic and rheumatoid arthritis, cervical spondylosis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, sciatica, lumbar disc herniation, thoracic vertebra, lumbar vertebra and lumbar spinal stenosis, joint gall and hyperplasia and the like, and clinical symptoms quickly disappear and do not recur after being cured.

The invention relates to a medicament for treating arthralgia and myalgia. The medicament is prepare from the components in parts by weight as follows: 1000 parts of nux vomica, 100 parts of radix clematidis, 100 parts of caulis sinomenii, 100 parts of garden balsam stem, 100 parts of lycopodium clavatum, 100 parts of berba aristolochiae mollissimae, 100 parts of monkshood, 100 parts of radix aconiti agrestis, 100 parts of the root of red-rooted salvia, 100 parts of angelica sinensis, 100 parts of rheum officinale, 100 parts of dragon's blood, 100 parts of semen momordicae, 100 parts of eucommia ulmoides, 100 parts of cinnamon, 100 parts of radix angelicae pubescentis, 100 parts of notopterygium root, 100 parts of asarum, 100 parts of radix achyranthis bidentatae, 100 parts of homalomena occulta, 100 parts of anisetree bark, 100 parts of radices sileris, 100 parts of caper, 100 parts of monkshood, 100 parts of ligusticum wallichii, 100 parts of Chinese polyphaga, 100 parts of scorpio, 100 parts of centipede, 100 parts of frankincense, 100 parts of myrrh, 100 parts of leech, 60 parts of camphor, 60 parts of borneol, 20 parts of musk and 300 parts of zaocys dhumnade. The medicament provided by the invention can be used for treating cervical spondylosis, brain swelling cervical pain, scapulohumeral periarthritis, scapula back pain, pelvospondylitis, thoracic vertebra pain, elbow joint pain, pain in waist and lower extremities, lumbar disc herniation, cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis, osteoproliferation, ischiadic nerve pain, knee-joint dropsy, synovitis, knee pain and rheumatic arthritis.

The invention provides a Chinese medicine preparation for treating lumbar disc herniation and a preparation method thereof, relating to a Chinese medicine composite and a preparation method thereof. By means of the Chinese medicine preparation, the problems of unsatisfactory treatment effect on the lumbar disc herniation caused by nerve root microcirculation and dystrophy, difficulty in healing, failure in addressing both symptoms and root causes and low cure rate can be solved. In the invention, raw medicines of saffron crocus, ligusticum chuanxiong hort, red flower, asarum heterotropoides, ground beetle, zaocys, radix aconiti preparata, white paeony root preparata, clematis root, eucommia bark, dogwood, caulis spatholobi, red paeony root preparata, aristolochia fangchi, lumbricus, kudzuroot, notopterygium root, root of largeleaf gentian, rhizoma alismatis, centipede, scorpion, medicinal cyathula root, giant typhonium rhizome, rhizoma gastrodiae, antler glue, baked rhizoma corydalis, poria cocos and liquorice are mixed by utilizing processing and decocting technology to be made into capsules, powders, tablets or pills. The Chinese medicine preparation provided by the invention is suitable for diseases of the lumbar disc herniation, lumbar intervertebral disc extrusion, lumbar spinal stenosis and the like and has very good treatment effect on chronic lumbar muscle strain, hyperplasia and wind-cold lumbar-leg anesthesia and pain.

The invention discloses a Chinese medicinal composition for treating the lumbar and cervical disc herniation and the spinal stenosis, which comprises the following components by mass: 6 to 9 grams of Chinese angelica; 6 to 9 grams of medicinal cyathula root; 5 to 10 grams of incised notopterygium rhizome; 5 to 10 grams of doubleteeth pubescent angilica root; 6 to 9 grams of szechuan lovage rhizome; 6 to 9 grams of safflower; 6 to 12 grams of eucommia bark; 12 grams of ningpo yam rhizome; 6 to 9 grams of glandularstalk St. paulswort herb; 6 to 9 grams of suberect spatholobus stem; 6 to 9 grams of obscured homalomena rhizome; 6 to 10 grams of Chinese taxillus twig; 6 to 12 grams of libotium brometz; 6 to 12 grams of epimedium herb; 6 to 9 grams of himalayan teasel root; 6 to 12 grams of medicinal indianmulberry root; 6 to 12 grams of divaricate saposhnikovia root; 6 to 10 grams of frankincense; 9 to 12 grams of myrrh; 9 to 12 grams of green tangerine peel; 9 to 12 grams of ovientvine; 6 to 13 grams of clematis root; 6 to 15 grams of radix stephaniae tetrandrae; 6 to 12 grams of common clubmoss herb; 6 to 12 grams of fortune's drynaria rhizome; 6 to 12 grams of common floweringquince fruit; 3 to 10 grams of saffron; 8 to 13 grams of ursine seal's penis and teste; 6 to 9 grams of hairy antler; and 6 to 9 grams of liquoric root.

The invention belongs to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicine, and discloses a plaster for treating bone joint and soft tissue disease pain and a preparation method thereof. The plasteris prepared from Chinese herbal medicines including impatiens balsamina, notopterygium root, dipsacus root, ligusticum wallichii, flos daturae, little multibanded krait, croton, radix angelicae, radix morindae officinalis, pillbug, rhizoma drynariae, radix stephaniae tetrandrae and the like. The plaster is rigorous and proper in compatibility and unique in preparation method, and has the effectsof warming channels and dispelling cold, dispelling wind and eliminating dampness, promoting blood circulation to remove meridian obstruction, relieving swelling and pain, promoting reunion of fractured bones and the like. The plaster is remarkable in curative effect, takes effect quickly, shortens the disease course, and is high in cure rate, convenient to use, free of toxic and side effects andlow in cost. The plaster has unique remarkable curative effects on cervical spondylosis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, lumbar disc herniation, sciatica, lumbar spinal stenosis, rheumatic arthritis, lumbar muscle strain, osteoproliferation, waist and limb joint pain, closed fracture, sprain, contusion, soft tissue injury and other bone joint and soft tissue diseases.

The invention discloses a concussion saw device for minimally invasive cutoff of the vertebral pedicle. The concussion saw device comprises an outer guide pillar and a concussion saw, wherein an axial positioning through hole is arranged in the center of the outer guide pillar; a radial sliding groove is arranged inside the lower side of the outer guide pillar; a groove opening at one end of the sliding groove is positioned on the outer side wall of the outer guide pillar to form an outlet; the concussion saw is arranged in the sliding groove; a control hole and a concussion hole which are parallel to the positioning through hole are also arranged in the outer guide pillar; the control hole is communicated with the sliding groove; a control rod is arranged in the control hole; the bottom end of the control rod is provided with a driving component matched with the concussion saw so that the concussion saw extends or shrinks along the length direction; the concussion rod is arranged in the concussion hole; the bottom end of the concussion rod is fixedly provided with connecting members; and the connecting members are covered at both sides of the concussion saw so that the concussion saw is clamped between the connecting members. The concussion saw device can be used for cutting off the vertebral pedicle so that the vertebral body and the vertebral pedicle are separated and prolonged so as to smoothly carryout a lumbar spinal stenosis operation.

The invention relates to a split lengthening pedicle screw suitable for operations of a lumbar spinal stenosis patient. The split lengthening pedicle screw is composed of three parts including a screw head end, an internal connecting rod and a screw tail end, and the screw head end and the head side of the internal connecting rod are each provided with internal hexagonal tool screwing grooves; self-tapping threads are arranged on the outer wall of the screw head end and the outer wall of the screw tail end, a thread-free area is arranged in the middle of the internal connecting rod, thread areas are arranged at the two ends of the internal connecting rod, and the thread areas are meshed with threads on the inner walls of the screw head end and the screw tail end; hollow holes are formed in the screw head end, the internal connecting rod and the screw tail end, and corresponding guide needles can pass through the hollow holes. The split lengthening pedicle screw is applied to the operations of the clinic lumbar spinal stenosis patient, after the vertebral pedicle is cut off, the complete split lengthening pedicle screw is arranged in the vertebral pedicle, the internal connecting rod is rotated, while the screw is lengthened, the distance between breaking sections of the vertebral pedicle is driven to be increased, and the aims of lengthening the vertebral pedicle and expanding the cross sectional area of the neural canal and the hole diameter of the foramen intervertebrale are achieved. The split lengthening pedicle screw has the advantages of being simple in structure, convenient to operate, small in wound and the like.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating sciatica and a preparation method, and belongs to the field of traditional Chinese medicines. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation comprises the following effective components: creeping fig, herb of nude fern, bark or leaf of pilose actinodaphne, pinellia ternate, macleaya cordata, polygonum senticosum, hoodshaped alocasia rhizome, fruit of fiverleaf akebia, saccharum arundinaceum, Chinese elder herb, mesona chinensis, rhynchosia volubilis, corydalis bungeana, exbucklandia populnea, the stem and leaf of assan crotalaria and decumbent corydalis tuber; the traditional Chinese medicine preparation disclosed by the invention adopts high-quality Chinese medicinal materials which are in scientific matching, has the effects of warming channel to remove coldness, relaxing tendons, activating collaterals, dispelling wind, eliminating dampness, resolving toxin and dispersing swelling, has the remarkable curative effect of treating sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis, is convenient to take, short in course of treatment, high in curative efficiency, and low in cost, can treat both manifestation and root cause of a disease, causes no toxic or side effects, facilitates wide popularization and application, and is ideal medicine for treating sciatica.

The invention provides a traditional Chinese medicament for treating lumbar canal stenosis and belongs to the technical field of treatment of orthopedics department. The traditional Chinese medicament is characterized by being prepared from the following traditional Chinese medicinal materials in part by weight: 15 to 25 parts of Chinese taxillus twig, 30 to 35 parts of East Asian tree fern rhizome, 15 to 25 parts of dipsacus root, 10 to 12 parts of fortune's drynaria rhizome, 20 to 25 parts of clematis root, 10 to 12 parts of Chinese pyrola herb, 25 to 35 parts of achyranthis bidentatae, 10 to 15 parts of myrrh, 10 to 15 parts of frankincense and 25 to 35 parts of suberect spatholobus stem. The invention adopts a pure traditional Chinese medicinal formulation according to the pathological principle of lumbar canal stenosis symptoms and the factors causing the lumbar canal stenosis symptoms. Active ingredients are extracted from the traditional Chinese medicinal materials and prepared into oral liquid, or powder, or tablets, or capsules, or externally used ointment. After being orally taken, the traditional Chinese medicament can treat lumbar canal stenosis and achieve ideal effect.

The invention discloses a drug composition for treating lumbocrural pain. The drug composition comprises the following raw material drugs: radix clematidis, pawpaw, herba lycopodli, pangolin, drachonis sanguis, notoginseng, frankincense, myrrh, and liquorice. According to a routine process, the raw material drugs can be added with routine auxiliary materials to prepare various acceptable clinical dosage forms.The drug composition has the functions of treating the lumbocrural pain, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, hyperosteogeny, sciatica, lumbar spinal stenosis, and other diseases, and has the characteristics of rapid efficacy, high cure rate, no toxicity, no side effect, no recrudescence, no rebounding, and the like.

An interspinous process spacer diagnostic parallel balloon catheter and method. The balloon catheter has a plurality of main expandable members disposed one inside another, a distal expandable member and a proximal expandable member that all can be expanded from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration and then collapsed again to a collapsed configuration. The device can be used to determine whether a particular patient is a candidate for implantation of an interspinous process spacer to treat the symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis and the size of such a spacer if indicated.

The invention relates to oral traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc. The composition is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 25-35 parts of radix astragali, 10-14 parts of ramulus cinnamomi, 10-14 parts of radix paeoniae alba, 12-18 parts of rhizoma cibotii, 10-14 parts of rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, 12-18 parts of herba lycopodii, 7.5-10.5 parts of radix achyranthis bidentatae, 7.5-10.5 parts of herba taxilli, 10-14 parts of caulis spatholobi, 7.5-10.5 parts of roots of common floweringquince, 8-11 parts of rhizoma corydalis, 7.5-10.5 parts of fresh ginger and 6.5-9.5 parts of fructus jujubae. All the medicines are combined together to realize effects of tonifying qi, activating blood, activating meridians, stopping pain and nourishing the liver and kidney. The oral traditional Chinese medicine composition has the advantages of being simple in formula, low in cost, safe, reliable, convenient to use and remarkable in effect, avoiding side effects and the like, has remarkable curative effect on various low back and leg pain such as prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc, lumbar spinal stenosis and the like and is very popular with patients with the prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating lumbar disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis and a preparation method thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is prepared from 20 g to 100 g of radix angelicae lateralis preparata, 5 g to 120 g of lumbar spinal stenosis, 10 g to 160 g of the root bark of the peony tree, 15 g to 190 g of the fruit of immature citron, 20 g to 200 g of peach kernels, 15 g to 290 g of rhizoma corydalis, 25 g to 170 g of flos lonicerae, 15 g to 150 g of the bark of ash, 10 g to 110 g of theroot of common peony, 20 g to 140 g of rheum officinale, 10 g to 130 g of radix arnebiae seu lithospermi, 15 g to 120 g of liquorice roots, 20 g to 150 g of safflowers, 10 g to 110 g of olibanum, 15 g to 140 g of myrrh, 30 g to 170 g of fresh ginger, 20 g to 190 g of sappanwood and 5 g to 210 g of radix saposhnikoviae. The traditional Chinese medicine composition has the functions of activating blood and removing stasis, regulating qi to alleviate pain and clearing and activating the channels and collaterals, and is good in effect and fast in effect taking, and pathogenesis is eradicated.

The present disclosure relates to a spinal stenosis diagnostic method and apparatus and the spinal stenosis diagnostic method includes: sequentially receiving a phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging in each time interval captured by normalizing one cardiac cycle with a plurality of time intervals; obtaining a cerebrospinal fluid velocity distribution in each normalized time interval from the phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging of each time interval; calculating a turbulence kinetic energy using the cerebrospinal fluid velocity distribution obtained at every time interval; and diagnosing the spinal stenosis using the calculation result of the turbulence kinetic energy.

Disclosed is a medicine for treating bone diseases. The medicine for treating the bone diseases is prepared from Radix Cudraniae, Rhizoma Curcumae Longae, Ostrea, Resina Draconis, Lignum Sappan, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Fructus Psraleae, Cortex Acanthopanacis, Herba Blumeae Laciniatae and Radix Glycyrrhizae. The medicine for treating the bone diseases has the advantages that the medicine for treating the bone diseases and rheumatism is prepared from pure traditional Chinese medicines is scientific and reasonable in formula, simple to prepare without toxic and side effects and quick in action, and is remarkably effective in treatment of lumbar disc herniation, bone hyperplasia, lumbar spinal stenosis, degenerative diseases, osteoarthritis, synovial membrane effusion, numbness of limbs, leg cramp, muscle strain and bone fracture, and a cure rate is up to about 95%.

The invention pertains to the technical field of Chinese herbal medicine prescriptions, in particular to a medicine for treating lumbar spinal stenosis. The invention is mainly made from raw ingredient medicines by weight proportions as follows: wild celery is 6 to 10g, agkistrodon acutus is 3 to 10g, eucommia bark is 10 to 15g, mistletoe is 10 to 20g, radix cyathulae is 6 to 10g, Clematis chinensis is 5 to 10g, menispermaceae is 5 to 10g, pawpaw is 6 to 12g, homalomena rhizome is 5 to 10g, pangolin is 6 to 15g, Atractylodes macrocephala koidz. is 5 to 15g, and Tuckahoe is 10 to 15g. The medicine has remarkable curative effect for treating the lumbar spinal stenosis, and dispels stubborn illness for numerous sufferers.

The invention disclose application of diosmin in manufacturing medicaments, i.e. 3',5,7-trihydrocy-4-methoxyflavone7-rutinoside is taken as a medicine for treating lumbar spinal stenosis. The medicine has better and more obvious curative effect on treating the lumbar spinal stenosis than a traditional medicine.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine plaster for treating hyperostosis. The traditional Chinese medicine plaster comprises the following raw materials by weight percent: 6%-10% of pseudo-ginseng, 12-16% of artemisia rupestris, 9%-13% of paris polyphylla, 13%-20% of corydalis tuber, 6%-10% of radix aconiti agrestis, 6%-10% of monkshood, 6%-11% of ligusticum wallichii, 5%-9% of zaocys dhumnade, 6%-10% of garden balsam stem, 4%-8% of arum and 4%-8% of daemonorops draco, wherein the sum of the weight percent of all the raw materials is 100%. The medicine can be prepared according to a common alcohol extraction method. On the basis of the traditional Chinese medicine theory, the traditional Chinese medicine formula, the criterion of treating both symptoms and root causes and the targeted therapy of the traditional Chinese medicine, the traditional Chinese medicine plaster disclosed by the invention has the effects of improving the permeability of blood capillaries, expelling pathogenic wind and dispelling cold, promoting circulation and removing stasis, relaxing tendons and collaterals as well as diminishing inflammation and relieving pain; the medicine is effective in treating bone diseases, including hyperostosis, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, cervical vertebra hyperplasia, cervical spinal stenosis, joint degeneration, scapulohumeral periarthritis, rheumatic arthritis, and the like; the cure rate is above 90%; the cost is low; and the traditional Chinese medicine plaster is convenient in popularization and application.

The invention discloses an oral traditional Chinese medicine combination for treating lumbar spinal stenosis. The traditional Chinese medicine combination is composed of morinda officinalis, rhizoma curculiginis, pimpinella thellungiana, herba ecliptae, ginseng, eleutherococcus senticosus, rhodiola rosea, caulis spatholobi, hypericum sampsonii hance, sargentgloryvine stems, rhizoma corydalis decumbentis, radix curcumae, Chinese photinia leaves, radix angelicae pubescentis and long-noded pit vipers. The oral traditional Chinese medicine combination for treating lumbar spinal stenosis can reduce the surgery rate; compared with glucocorticoid partial closure, oral antiphlogosis painkiller treatment and the like, the oral traditional Chinese medicine combination for treating lumbar spinal stenosis has the advantages of having a certain curative effect, fewer side effects, high patient compliance and the like. Under the circumstance that 55 patients are treated through decoction of the oral traditional Chinese medicine combination for treating lumbar spinal stenosis, after treatment is carried out for 30 days-50 days, 19 patients are cured, 30 patients are on the mend, 6 patients are not cured, and the total effective rate reaches 89.1%.