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High-frequency electrical nerve block

  • US 9,295,841 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2015
  • Issued: 03/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of relieving post-amputation pain in an amputee patient, the method comprising providing a device for administering a frequency between 5 kHz to 50 kHz to a nerve at a site proximal to a neuroma by a plurality of contact surfaces with the nerve to block conduction of an action potential in the nerve and not stimulate and not generate an action potential in the nerve, at a voltage between 4 V peak-to-peak (Vpp) to 20 Vpp or at a current between 4 mA peak-to-peak (mApp) to 26 mApp for an interval sufficient to relieve pain.

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