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Intraosseous nerve treatment

  • US 10,111,704 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2016
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of treating back pain from a location within a bone of a spine, comprising:

  • inserting a distal end portion of a radiofrequency energy delivery device having two electrodes through an outer cortical bone region of the bone and within an inner cancellous bone region of the bone,positioning a first electrode of the two electrodes on a first side of a nerve within the bone and positioning a second electrode of the two electrodes on a second side of the nerve within the bone; and

    applying radiofrequency energy to the inner cancellous bone region of the bone, thereby generating heat sufficient to ablate at least a portion of the nerve within the inner cancellous bone region of the bone.

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