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INTRAOSSEOUS NERVE DENERVATION METHODS

  • US 20120330300A1
  • Filed: 07/06/2012
  • Published: 12/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of denervating an intraosseous nerve, comprising:

  • identifying a treatment zone within a vertebral body,within a cancellous bone region of a vertebral body;

    inserting a radiofrequency (RF) device probe through an outer cortical bone region and into an inner cancellous bone region of the vertebral body to the treatment zone,delivering an RF energy to the treatment zone within the inner cancellous bone region of the vertebral body corresponding to a location between, but exclusive of, the nerve junction and the outer cortical bone region, to denervate an intraosseous nerve,wherein the target treatment zone is proximal to the junction and located between 60% and 90% of the distance between the anterior and posterior outer cortical walls of the vertebral body, thereby facilitating denervation of the intraosseous nerve and its branches downstream of the nerve junction by denervating a single portion of the intraosseous nerve.

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