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Method for Treatment of an Intervertebral Disc

  • US 20100145424A1
  • Filed: 12/03/2009
  • Published: 06/10/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for performing a nucleoplasty comprising the steps of:

  • providing an elongated thermal or electromagnetic probe having a proximal end, a distal end and having a guidable region adjacent the distal end thereof;

    introducing the guidable region of the probe into a nucleus of an intervertebral disc;

    activating the probe;

    increasing the amplitude of the activated probe until an effect is obtained on the nervous system;

    noting the amplitude at which the effect on the nervous system is observed, wherein the noted amplitude is saved as a threshold amplitude in a generator operatively associated with the probe, wherein the threshold amplitude provides a proximity to critical nerve tissue and determines a temperature that may be selected on the generator for the treatment of the nucleus; and

    re-activating the probe to treat the nucleus, wherein the probe is activateable up to a temperature that is dictated by the threshold amplitude of the nervous system stimulation.

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