US5054486A
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Remedial techniques for the treatment of painful disorders such as intervertebral disc hernia and the like
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-05-31
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Granted: 1991-10-08
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Expires: 2010-05-31
Abstract
Abstract Remedial techniques for the treatment of intervertebral disc hernia, stiff shoulders, rheumatics, allergy-related nasitis, lumbago, asthma, slipped disc, sprains and the like which do not require the use of drugs/medicines, comprise the individual or combined use of: a radicular block which is achieved by inserting an acupuncture needle into a selected radicular and passing a current between it and a ground (such as a second acupuncture needle); and a YAG laser irradiation technique wherein selected sites on the human body are irradiated for a preselected period.
Inventors
- 👤 Mamoru Yamada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 18:28
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/18; A61N1/32; A61N1/36; A61N1/36014; A61N1/36021; A61N5/00; A61N5/06; A61N5/0613; A61N5/0619; A61N5/067; A61N1/36017; A61N2005/0635; A61N2005/0643; A61N2005/0644; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/907
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
61 words
A remedial technique comprising the steps of: inserting an acupuncture needle into a preselected radicular of a spinal cord of a patient; providing a ground by which electrical current applied to the body of the patient through the acupuncture needle can be grounded; and applying a pulsed electrical current across the needle and the ground until the preselected radicular is blocked.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
61 words
A remedial technique comprising the steps of: inserting an acupuncture needle into a preselected radicular of a spinal cord of a patient; providing a ground by which electrical current applied to the body of the patient through the acupuncture needle can be grounded; and applying a pulsed electrical current across the needle and the ground until the preselected radicular is blocked.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A remedial technique as claimed in claim 1 wherein said ground is provided by inserting a second acupuncture needle at a location a given distance from the a said acupuncture needle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A remedial technique as claimed in claim 2 wherein said given distance is selected to be 3-6 cm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A remedial technique as claimed in claim 1 wherein said pulsed electrical current is controlled so as to exhibit a frequency which is from 10-20 Hz.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A remedial technique as claimed in claim 4 wherein said pulsed electrical current exhibits an exponential wave form.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A remedial technique as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the step of: irradiating a predetermined location of a body of a patient proximate the site of the radicular block using a laser beam from a laser for a given length of time.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A remedial technique as claimed in claim 6 further comprising the steps of sequentially irradiating a plurality of selected sites on body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
A remedial technique as set forth in claim 6, wherein the step of irradiating is carried out by using a YAG type laser to provide said laser beam.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A remedial technique as claimed in claim 7, wherein said laser used in said irradiating step is a 50 Watt YAG laser and wherein each site is irradiated for approximately 1 second.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A remedial technique as claimed in claim 7, wherein said laser used in said irradiating step is a 1500 mW YAG laser and wherein each site is irradiated for approximately 30 seconds.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
110 words
A remedial technique comprising the steps of: inserting an acupunture needle into a preselected radicular of a spinal cord of a patient; providing a ground to which electrical current applied to the body of the patient can be grounded; and applying a pulsed electrical current across the needle and the ground until the preselected radicular is blocked; irradiating a predetermined location of the body of a patient proximate the site of the radicular block using a laser beam for a given length of time; and repeating the irradiation at a plurality of other locations until such time as the patient experiences a deep warming sensation over the area under treatment.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
110 words
A remedial technique comprising the steps of: inserting an acupunture needle into a preselected radicular of a spinal cord of a patient; providing a ground to which electrical current applied to the body of the patient can be grounded; and applying a pulsed electrical current across the needle and the ground until the preselected radicular is blocked; irradiating a predetermined location of the body of a patient proximate the site of the radicular block using a laser beam for a given length of time; and repeating the irradiation at a plurality of other locations until such time as the patient experiences a deep warming sensation over the area under treatment.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
A remedial technique as set forth in claim 11, wherein the step of irradiating is carried out by using a YAG type laser to provide said laser beam.
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