SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEUROMODULATION FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN AND OTHER DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH NERVE CONDUCTION
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1. Apparatus for selective denervation of target tissue, comprising:
- an electrode support having one or more electrodes disposed thereon, wherein said electrode(s) are adapted to transmit an electrical pulse and/or series of electrical pulses; and
a pulse generator operatively connected to the catheter, wherein the electrodes and generator are configured to deliver cellular poration energy in the range from 10 V/cm to 106 V/cm to disrupt membranes of target cells to disrupt pain conduction pathways.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for selective destruction or temporary disruption of nerves and/or conduction pathways in a mammalian body for the treatment of pain and other disorders. Apparatus comprises catheters having electrodes for targeting and affecting nerve tissue at a cellular level to reversible and irreversible nerve poration and incapacitation.
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1. Apparatus for selective denervation of target tissue, comprising:
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an electrode support having one or more electrodes disposed thereon, wherein said electrode(s) are adapted to transmit an electrical pulse and/or series of electrical pulses; and
a pulse generator operatively connected to the catheter, wherein the electrodes and generator are configured to deliver cellular poration energy in the range from 10 V/cm to 106 V/cm to disrupt membranes of target cells to disrupt pain conduction pathways. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. A method for selective denervation of targeted tissue of a patient, said method comprising delivering energy to target cells of said target tissue under conditions selected to permeabilize the cell membrane to disrupt a pain conduction pathway provided by the cell.
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