170 results about "Disc herniation" patented technology

The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within a patient's body, particularly including tissue in the spine. The present invention applies high frequency (RF) electrical energy to one or more electrode terminals in the presence of electrically conductive fluid or saline-rich tissue to contract collagen fibers within the tissue structures. In one aspect of the invention, a system and method is provided for contracting a portion of the nucleus pulposus of a vertebral disc by applying a high frequency voltage between an active electrode and a return electrode within the portion of the nucleus pulposus, where contraction of the portion of nucleus pulposus inhibits migration of the portion nucleus pulposus through the fissure.

The Annulus Fibrosus Stent (AFS) is a platform of barriers used in the intervertebral disc. The barrier can be inserted into an intervertebral disc to act to reinforce and / or supplement the disc. The AFS can be inserted at any of the many different stages of disc pathology. The AFS can be inserted to prevent pressure and dissection of disc material which in and of itself can decrease and / or eliminate pain from damaged AF fibers. The AFS can be inserted before disc pathology progresses to a substantial event such as a disc herniation. It can be inserted at any time in the progression of the natural history of disc disease. It can even be inserted when substantially the entire intervertebral disc has been removed. It can be inserted in conjunction with another procedure such as a Nucleus Pulposus Replacement (NPR) or Total Disc Replacement (TDR), etc. The various shapes and material of the AFS in this patent are designed to address particular clinical situations, particular anatomy and particular stages of disc degeneration. The AFS can be inserted directly through the AF, or by a technique of detaching part of the AF with bone without actually cutting a substantial part of AF fibers or layers of fibers or by the Transosseous approach.

Systems and methods for treating disc herniation include surgical and endoscopic access and removal of disc tissue. The tissue removal devices that may be used include flexible elongate members, such as a cable, that may be inserted into a vertebral disc and rotated to pulverize the disc material and facilitate its removal.

Methods for treating an annulus fibrosis having a defect include inserting a flexible device into the defect. The flexible device is advanced distally beyond an outer layer of the annulus fibrosus. The flexible device is then expanded such that a width of the flexible device is larger than the defect, where the flexible device prevents escape of nucleus pulposus through the defect. The flexible device may have at least two appendages made from a shape-memory metal. Alternatively, the flexible device may have a U-shaped structure that includes a central portion and two legs. The flexible device may also be anchored to the annulus fibrosis and / or the vertebrae.

A method for performing a selective discectomy is disclosed whereby a path for insertion of a tissue removal device is created by inserting a cannula with a flexible distal end position into an intervertebral disc by entering the nucleus at a point contralateral or anterolateral to a herniation site or entering anterior or anterolateral relative to the herniation site. The path is followed by a cutting device with a cutting window and either or both of the cannula or cutting device may be positioned at a site of herniation using all of any of control wires, a set of styli, viewable markings on a component and / or visualization devices.

A surgical access system for managing the minimally invasive access of treatment electrodes to an intervertebral disc, when treating spine abnormalities such as disc herniations. The system includes an access port and a cannula assembly. The access port provides atraumatic access to the target area for the cannula system and a subsequent treatment electrode. The access port also manages the insertion travel and penetration depth of the cannula assembly, so as to minimize unintended damage to local tissue during use. The cannula system includes an adjustable and removable stop to mate with the access port that limits the extension of the cannula beyond the distal tip of the access port and into the target tissue.

The invention relates to a Chinese traditional made medicine, in particular to an orally-taken pill preparation for treating cervical spondylosis, prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc, hyperosteogeny, sciatica, spondylitis ankylosans and rheumatism and rheumatoid diseases. Canon of internal medicine considers that bone weakness and muscular flaccidity are so called that the three qi of wind, cold, dampness blends and combines to result in diseases; after all, either prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc or annulus fibrosus bulge or spinal stenosis is the result of bone weakness caused by kidney deficiency, muscular flaccidity caused by liver deficiency and meridian blockage caused by wind cold phlegm blood stasis, the diseases are treated based on the principle of replenishing governor meridian and converging urogenital region, invigorating spinal cord and strengthening bones and muscles; and Wulong zhengzhui dan is developed based on the theory plus ancestral secret prescriptions. Wulong zhengzhui dan can treat cervical spondylosis, thoracic vertebra disease, lumbar vertebra disease, sciatica, spondylitis ankylosans and rheumatism and rheumatoid diseases for reinforcing kidney and strengthening resistance as well as supplementing vital substances and nourishing marrow, and can treat the diseases in both symptoms and causes without recurrence after healing.

A method for retaining an intra-discal material within an annulus fibrosis having a posterior annulus, an inside surface, and an opening is described. The opening has a lateral and a vertical dimension. A retention device that includes a shape memory alloy is inserted through the opening in the annulus fibrosis. The length dimension of the device is longer than the lateral dimension of the opening and the width dimension of the device is longer than the vertical dimension of the opening in the annulus fibrosis. The retention device is positioned against the posterior annulus to rest against annulus fibrosis tissues adjacent the opening on the inside surface of the annulus fibrosis such that both a portion of the length dimension and a portion of the width dimension rests against annulus fibrosis tissues adjacent the opening. The retention device prevents the escape of intra-discal material through the opening.

Methods and apparatus for treating disc herniation provide a conformable device which assumes a first shape associated with insertion and a second shape or expanded shape to occlude the defect which typically follows partial discectomy. The device may take different forms according to the invention, including patches size to cover the defect or plugs adapted to fill the defect. In a preferred embodiment, however, the device is a gel or other liquid or semi-liquid which solidifies to occlude the defect from within the body of the disc itself. In another preferred embodiment, a mesh screen is collapsed into an elongated form for the purposes of insertion, thereby minimizing the size of the requisite incision while avoiding delicate surrounding nerves. Such a configuration also permits the use of instrumentation to install the device, including, for example, a hollow tube or sheath adapted to hold the collapsed screen, and a push rod to expel the collapsed device out of the sheath for use in occluding the disc defect. A device according to the invention may further include one or more anchors to assist in permanently affixing the device with respect to the defect.

Methods and devices are described for occluding openings in an annulus fibrosis to prevent conditions such as disc herniation and recurrent disc herniation. An occluding device having an intradiscal component, an extradiscal component, and a barrier element disposed between the intradiscal and extradiscal components is provided. The intradiscal component has first and second arms having a collapsed state with a horizontal dimension less than the width of the opening and an expanded state having a horizontal dimension greater than the width of the opening. The barrier element and the intradiscal component in the collapsed state are inserted through the annulus fibrosis opening, the extradiscal component being positioned adjacent an outer surface of the annulus fibrosis. The intradiscal component assumes the expanded state in the intradiscal space, the first and second arms urging the barrier element against the inner wall of the annulus fibrosis adjacent the opening, thereby occluding the opening.

A repair system for a compromised or herniated spine disc is provided. The repair system includes a spine disc patch to cover the herniation, and hooks, fasteners or the like to attach the spine disc patch to the vertebra surrounding the compromised disc. The repair system also includes an application tool to introduce and deploy the spine disc patch and spine disc patch fasteners to and on the disc herniation site. The spine disc patch is composed of a mesh, screen or the like of a biocompatible material with a perimeter, edge or side portion formed of a resilient biocompatible material. The mesh is preferably, but not necessarily, formed of a flexible but non-resilient biocompatible material. The perimeter is preferably, but not necessarily, formed of a flexible, resilient biocompatible material. In this manner, the spine disc patch may fold, bend, crumple or otherwise be deformed for introduction to the disc herniation site within an application tool, then unfold, expand, spread out, unfurl or otherwise open up at and over the disc herniation site when released from the application tool. The application tool consists of an elongate tube connected to a fixed portion of a handle with a rod, disposed for axial movement within the elongate tube. The rod is connected to a pivoting portion of the handle such that the rod axially moves within the elongate tube when the pivoting portion of the handle is moved.

Methods and apparatus for treating defects in the annulus fibrosis are described. The methods include providing first and second elongate fastening members, each having a first end and an anchor on the first end that is substantially transverse when deployed. The first end of the first and second elongate fastening members are positioned distal of the outer layer and at least one inner layer of the annulus fibrosis. The defect is then closed by interlocking the first and second elongate fastening members. Alternatively, second ends of the elongate fastening members may be linked, resulting in reducing the size of the opening of the defect. Devices having first and second elongate fastening members, each having a first end, a second end, and an anchor on the first end that is substantially transverse when deployed; and a connector that links the first and second elongate fastening members are also described.

A method for retaining an intra-discal material within an annulus fibrosis is described. The annulus fibrosis has a posterior annulus, an inside surface, and an opening with a lateral and a vertical dimension. A single wire and a band is provided. The single wire is made of shape-memory material and has a first compressed configuration and a second expanded configuration. The band and the single wire, which is in the first compressed configuration, is inserted through the opening in the annulus fibrosis. After insertion through the opening, the single wire expands to the second expanded configuration. The single wire and the band are positioned near the posterior annulus to rest against annulus fibrosis tissues adjacent the opening on the inside surface of the annulus fibrosis, such that the band is positioned to rest against annulus fibrosis tissues adjacent the opening, thereby preventing escape of intra-discal material through the opening.

Systems and methods for treating disc herniation or degeneration, disc degeneration, and vertebral body fracture include surgical and endoscopic access and removal of disc tissue. The tissue removal devices that may be used include rotatable blade devices having flow control surfaces that may be inserted into a vertebral disc and rotated to pulverize the disc material and facilitate its removal.

The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within a patient's body, particularly including tissue in the spine. The present invention applies high frequency (RF) electrical energy to one or more electrode terminals in the presence of electrically conductive fluid or saline-rich tissue to contract collagen fibers within the tissue structures. In one aspect of the invention, a system and method is provided for contracting a portion of the nucleus pulposus of a vertebral disc by applying a high frequency voltage between an active electrode and a return electrode within the portion of the nucleus pulposus, where contraction of the portion of nucleus pulposus inhibits migration of the portion nucleus pulposus through the fissure.

The invention discloses a medicament for treating disc herniation which is prepared mainly from astragalus root, Ligusticum wallichii, corydalis tuber, safflower, root of red rooted saliva, spatholobus stem, wood louse, Chinese angelica root, prepared Sichuan aconite root, prepared wild aconite root, pubescent angelica root, notopterygium root, Loranthus mulberry mistletoe, pawpaw, ledebouriella root, cassia twig, large-leaf gentian root, tetrandra root, coralbean bark, dipsacus root, morinda root, achyranthes and cyathula root, wolferry fruit, earthworm, gastrodia tuber, oyster shell, root of herbaceous peony, oriental water plantain rhizome, kudzu vine root, poria cocos, poria cocos and licorice root by a predetermined weight proportions.

Methods and apparatus for treating disc herniation provide a conformable device which assumes a first shape associated with insertion and a second shape or expanded shape to occlude the defect which typically follows partial discectomy. The device may take different forms according to the invention, including patches size to cover the defect or plugs adapted to fill the defect. In a preferred embodiment, however, the device is a gel or other liquid or semi-liquid which solidifies to occlude the defect from within the body of the disc itself. In another preferred embodiment, a mesh screen is collapsed into an elongated form for the purposes of insertion, thereby minimizing the size of the requisite incision while avoiding delicate surrounding nerves. Such a configuration also permits the use of instrumentation to install the device, including, for example, a hollow tube or sheath adapted to hold the collapsed screen, and a push rod to expel the collapsed device out of the sheath for use in occluding the disc defect. A device according to the invention may further include one or more anchors to assist in permanently affixing the device with respect to the defect.

Surgical staples and annulus closure tools, used in methods of repairing torn body tissue, implementing inter-vertebral disk surgery, sealing an inter-vertebral disk incision, preventing or inhibiting disk herniation, and / or stimulating or facilitating healing of an inter-vertebral disk; have two, three or four legs attached by connecting members. The legs optionally have projections protruding therefrom to restrict motion of the staple relative to the body tissue, and said projections may be angled to restrict motion in any desired direction.

Disclosed is a medicine for treating lumbar disc herniation and osteoproliferation, comprising root of red-rooted salvia, peach seed, caulis spatholobi, lithospermum, lumbricus, achyranthes, white peony root, pericarpium citri reticulatae, scorpion, centipede, gastrodia tuber, radix angelicae sinensis, eucommia bark, Tuckahoe, lignum sappan, baikal skullcap root, rhizoma pinelliae, fructus aurantii, radix ginseng rubra, dragon's blood, frankincense, radix gentianae macrophyllae, squama manitis, batryticated silkworm, herba lycopodii, ligusticum chuanxiong, rhizoma polygonati odorati, myrrh, radix ophiopogonis, medicinal evodia fruit, safflower, grassleaf sweetflag rhizome,gadfly, hirudo, panax notoginseng, ground beetle, smilax glabra rhizome, bock greenbrier rhizome, rhizoma curcumae, rhizoma sparganii, radix paeoniae rubra, hawthorn, radix clematidis, colla cornus cervi, radix et rhizoma rhei, unprepared gypsum, baikal skullcap root, ramulus cinnamomi, heracleum, rhizoma polygoni cuspidate, apocynum venetum, radix rehmanniae preparata, natrii sulfas exsiccatus and borneolum syntheticum, and the like. The medicine has the advantages and the effects of abundant materials, easy processing, low price, convenient in use, strong efficacy guidance, quick desired effect, good curative effect, no sequela and toxic side effect, no recurrence after recovery and clinical application effective rate as high as 100%.

The invention relates to a spinal surgery minimally invasive surgery navigation system. The spinal surgery minimally invasive surgery navigation system comprises an imaging portion, a treatment portion, and a navigation portion, wherein an imaging portion scanner performs scaning and imaging around a treatment object; the treatment portion includes a mechanical arm, a connecting rod, a power supply unit, a clipper, a puncture channel into a lesion of a spinal column, and an ablation electrode needle. The puncture channel is a minimally invasive surgical working cannula having a diameter of about 2 mm. The system has the advantages of simple structure, low cost and easy operation, and the CT and MRI images are combined to integrally reconstruct the intervertebral disc tissues of the patient's bone structure, nerves, blood vessels and compression nerves as well as the ligament before the surgery, according to the position of protrusion of intervertebral disc and the nerve compression, areasonable surgical approach is designed before the surgery, and the intraoperative scanning bone image is registered, a robot arm is remotely controlled to accurate ablate the compression nerve tissue through real-time navigation, and the safety and stability are good. The system avoids damage to normal tissues caused by doctor fatigue during surgery and effectively reduces the damage of radiation to patients and doctors.

Systems and methods for treating disc herniation include surgical and endoscopic access and removal of disc tissue. The tissue removal devices that may be used include flexible elongate members, such as a cable, that may be inserted into a vertebral disc and rotated to pulverize the disc material and facilitate its removal.

The present invention relates to a probe and a device for detecting abnormality of an intervertebral disc. More particularly, the present invention relates to a probe and a device for detecting abnormality of an intervertebral disc that gives vibration stimulation to the inner part of the intervertebral disc and obtains an ultrasonic image in order to sense the abnormality of the intervertebral disc causing discogenic pains and inspects whether the intervertebral disc is abnormal by measuring impedance in the intervertebral disc.The present invention provides a probe for detecting abnormality of an intervertebral disc including: a shaft connector; a vibration generator connected to the shaft connector; and an inspector connected to the vibration generator, wherein the vibration generator vibrates the inspector by using a piezoelectric element and a device for detecting abnormality of an intervertebral disc.

The invention discloses an external-use medicine for treating neck / lumbar disc herniation and osteoarthropathy. The external-use medicine is prepared from the following traditional Chinese medicine herbs: radix angelicae pubescentis, radix clematidis, ginseng, poria cocos, angelica sinensis, prepared rehmannia root, monkshood, radix aconiti agrestis, asarum, ligusticum wallichii, saposhnikovia divaricata, large-leaved gentian, vinegar turtle shell, ramulus taxilli, eucommia ulmoides, the root of bidentate achyranthes, notopterygium root, ephedra, the root of kudzu vine, cinnamon, prepared radix aconiti carmichaeli, prepared rhizoma arisaematis, zaocys dhumnade, vinegar frankincense, vinegar myrrh, dragon's blood, herba epimedii, syzygium aromaticum, carthamus tinctorious, gastrodia elata, earthworm, scorpio, borneol, musk and liquorice. The external-use medicine has the advantages that the medicine is rapid to take effect, long-lasting in effect, definite in curative effect, convenient to use, free of toxic and side effects, free of stimulation and remarkable in curative effect, and the effective rate of the external-use medicine in treating neck / lumbar disc herniation and osteoarthropathy is 96%, and the recovery rate is 72%.

The invention discloses an oral administration pharmaceutical composition for treating waist disc herniation, wherein the active constituents include the following raw material herbs (by weight portion): Chinese angelica root 15, achyranthes and cyathula root 15, plantain seeds 15, pawpaw 15, tetrandra root 15, Clematis chinensis 15, peach kernels 12, clematis stem 12, safflower 10, wood louse 10, cyperus tuber 9, bitter orange 9, areca-nut 9, Ligusticum wallichii 6, myrrh 6, trogopterus dung 6, corydalis ambigua 12 and rhubarb horsetails 12. The medicament should be decocted in water for the oral dose.

The invention relates to a recovery paste for treating the pain of viscera and physiques. The recovery paste is prepared from the following raw material medicines: toad skins, ground beetles, bamboo leaf seseli roots, prepared semen strychni, Japanese ginseng rhizome, pendulous monkshood roots, Chinese clematis roots, herba siegesbeckiae, glaucousback threewingnut root-barks, prepared kusnezoff monkshood roots, prepared common monkshood mother roots, girald daphne barks, daturas, Chinese azalea fruits, licorice roots, stephania, rhizoma arisaematis, haws, gastrodia rhizome, Chinese prickly ash, pinellia ternata, curcuma zedoaria, curcuma aromatica, olibanum, myrrh, dragon blood, borneol, crabs, peach blossoms, hibiscus flowers, henry clematis roots of leaves, Chinese angelica, dog bones, cornu caprae hircus and buffalo horns. The recovery paste is suitable for treating acute and chronic gastroenteritis, ulcer of duodenal bulbs, diarrhoea, abdominal distension, upset stomach, menoxenia, dysmenorrhea, hyperplasia of mammary glands, sterility after long marriage due to salpingemphraxis, injuries from falls, fracture of a broken bone, sudden sprain in the lumbar region, psoatic strain, pain of chest, back and ribs, relapse of old trauma, swelling, pain and numbness of bone joints of hands and feet, rheumatoid arthritis, cervical and lumbar vertebrae disc herniation, hyperosteogeny, pain of sciatic nerve, lung cancers at early stage, middle stage and late stage, breast cancers, liver cancers, intestine and stomach cancers, blood vessel tumours and cervical carcinoma, and the cure rate is high.

The invention discloses an external medicine for treating hyperosteogeny and disc herniation and a preparation method. The external medicine has the raw ingredients and weight parts that: pangolin is 10 to 20, agkistrodon acutus is 10 to 20, saffron is 5 to 15, panax notoginseng is 10 to 20, radix cyathulae is 5 to 15, kudzu roots are 15 to 30, herba lycopodti is 10 to 20, olibanum is 10 to 15, dog bones are 20 to 30, eucommia bark is 10 to 20, wild celery is 5 to 10, and musk is 0.2 to 0.5. The invention has the preparation method that: the raw ingredient medicines are mixed and crushed into powders which are mixed into a paste by adding with rice vinegar; after the paste is evaporated for 15 to 20 minutes under water insulation, the rice vinegar is bedashed in; the evaporation is continued for 5 to 10 minutes; or the raw ingredients are crushed into powders which are mixed evenly and stir-fried until done, and then the powders is made into a plaster for bonding application through mixing with vinegar or water. The external medicine and the preparation method have the advantages of good curative effect, short course of treatment, hard relapse, no toxic side effects, and low treatment cost by apply the external medicine to act the external application on patients.

The invention discloses an external applying agent for curing hyperosteogeny, disc herniation, cervical spine inflammation and rheumatoid arthritis, belonging to the geat saamc xiaoy. The invention aims to provide an external applying agent for curing the symptoms such as hyperosteogeny and rheumatoid arthritis. The external applying agent is made by angled bittersweet root, achyranthes, angelica, loosestrife, radix aconiti feri, garden balsam stem and Vitis davidii. The compositions by weight portion are: 30 to 40 portions of angled bittersweet root, 30 to 40 portions of achyranthes, 25 to 30 portions of angelica, 20 to 25 portions of loosestrife, 10 to 15 portions of radix aconiti feri, 15 to 20 portions of garden balsam stem and 30 to 40 portions of Vitis davidii. The method for making the external applying agent is as follows: the raw material medicines are washed off, aired or sun-dried, grinded into powder, and are mixed evenly and then stirred by 100 portions of alcohol with 52 to 56 degrees and are mixed into paste with 40 portions of ripe teal oil. The external applying agent has the advantages of short period of treatment, rapid odynolysis, good healing effect and convenient use, etc., thereby being an ideal medicine for curing symptoms such as hyperosteogeny.

An exterior-applied Chinese medicine in the form of ointment for treating osteogeny, intervertebral disk protrusion and soft tissue injury is prepared from 7 Chinese-medicinal materials including Chuan-xiong rhizome, achranthes root, borneol, myrrh, etc. Its advantage is high curative effect.

The invention discloses a Chinese medicinal capsule for treating lumbar disc herniation and femoral head necrosis. The Chinese medicinal capsule comprises the following Chinese medicinal raw materials in parts by weight: 4-6 parts of combined spicebush root, 4-6 parts of dried orange peel, 4-6 parts of costus root, 8-12 parts of szechuan lovage rhizome, 16-20 parts of liquoric root, 4-6 parts of dahurian angelica root, 4-6 parts of ginseng, 4-6 parts of cassia twig, 8-12 parts of white paeony root, 4-6 parts of astragalus, 4-6 parts of large-head atractylodes rhizome, 8-12 parts of Chinese angelica, 4-6 parts of divaricate saposhnikovia root, 4-6 parts of wild ginger, 8-12 parts of cassia bark, 6-8 parts of notopterygium root, 8-12 parts of double-teeth pubescent angelica root, 8-12 parts of Chinese thorowax root, 4-6 parts of Chinese atractylodes, 4-6 parts of cinnamon, 4-6 parts of tall gastrodia tuber, 4-6 parts of fortune's drynaria rhizome, 4-6 parts of myrrh, 4-6 parts of frankincense, 4-6 parts of desertliving cistanche and 4-6 parts of twotooth achyranthes root. The Chinese medicinal capsule has the effects of introducing qi, nourishing blood, activating blood, removing stasis, removing sputum, dispersing cold, eliminating dampness, regulating visceral-qi, promoting digestion, erecting muscle, strengthening bone, and the like.