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Method for treating intervertebral discs

  • US 6,547,810 B1
  • Filed: 11/06/2000
  • Issued: 04/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of delivering energy to multiple locations within an intervertebral disc, the method comprising:

  • providing a catheter having an energy delivery device adjacent a distal end of the catheter;

    positioning the energy delivery device at multiple different locations within the intervertebral disc; and

    delivering energy within the intervertebral disc at the multiple different locations such that a portion but less than all of the intervertebral disc is treated with the energy at each location.

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