TREATMENT METHOD USING MULTIPLE ENERGY SOURCES

• US 20160278861A1
• Filed: 03/19/2014
• Published: 09/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lutronic Corporation (Lutronic, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Lutronic Corporation (Lutronic, Inc.)
• Inventors: KO, Kwang Chon
• Granted Patent: US 10,299,860 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1492 having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation A61B18/1477 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/24 with a catheter A61B18/26, A61B18/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00339 Spine, e.g. intervertebral disc
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00994 combining two or more different kinds of non-mechanical energy or combining one or more non-mechanical energies with ultrasound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/2288 the optical fibre cable having a curved distal end

Abstract

The present invention relates to treatment method using multiple energy sources. The treatment method using multiple energy sources, includes: applying a first energy into an inside of an annulus fibrosus; and applying a second energy different from the first energy to an outside of the annulus fibrosus.

Claims

1. A treatment method using multiple energy sources, the method comprising:

applying a first energy into an inside of an annulus fibrosus; and

applying a second energy different from the first energy to an outside of the annulus fibrosus.

2. The treatment method of claim 1, wherein the first energy comprises a laser, and the applying of the first energy comprises:

penetrating a delivery means for delivering the first energy into the inside of the annulus fibrosus; and

applying the first energy while moving the delivery means in the inside of the annulus fibrosus.

3. The treatment method of claim 2, wherein the second energy is applied to the annulus fibrosus region into which the delivery means is penetrated.

4. The treatment method of claim 3, wherein the second energy comprises a radio frequency (RF).

5. The treatment method of claim 3, wherein the second energy is applied when the delivery means is separated from the annulus fibrosus after the first energy is applied.

6. The treatment method of claim 3, wherein the second energy comprises a laser having an energy level different from an energy level of the first energy.

7. The treatment method of claim 6, wherein the second energy is applied through a same delivery means as the delivery means of the first energy, and

the second energy is applied when the delivery means is separated from the annulus fibrosus after the first energy is applied.

8. A treatment method using multiple energy sources, the method comprising:

penetrating a laser delivery means for irradiating a treatment laser into an inside of an annulus fibrosus through a penetration region on a surface of the annulus fibrosus;

irradiating the treatment laser into the inside of the annulus fibrosus through the laser delivery means;

separating the laser delivery means from the annulus fibrosus after irradiating the treatment laser; and

contracting/coagulating the penetration region by applying energy for contraction/coagulation to the penetration region in the separating of the laser delivery means.

9. The treatment method of claim 8, wherein the energy for contraction/coagulation comprises a laser, and is applied through a same laser delivery means as the delivery means of the treatment laser.

10. The treatment method of claim 8, wherein the energy for contraction/coagulation comprises a radio frequency (RF), and

an RF delivery means for applying the RF is integrally formed with the laser delivery means.