Title:
【発明の名称】筋肉の損傷や痛みの診断および治療に使用する、複数電極およびニードル注射装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001511663
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A multi-electrode and needle injection device for identifying and treating muscle pain using two simultaneous electrode EMG recordings to locate an active trigger point. The two electrodes are displaced so that one electrode detects EMG activity at the trigger point and the other one detects EMG activity adjacent to the trigger point, within the same muscle. The combination of the electrodes with a drug delivery system allows the user to inject a medication locally at the trigger point to block the trigger point activity and reduce or eliminate muscle pain. The electrodes are on a hypodermic needle. The needle is used to facilitate both the location of the trigger points and for treatment, by injecting a drug into the trigger points.
Inventors:
Hubbard, David Earl
Application Number:
JP52401198A
Publication Date:
August 14, 2001
Filing Date:
November 20, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MYOTECH INC
International Classes:
A61B5/296; A61M5/00; A61M5/32; A61M5/42; (IPC1-7): A61B5/0488; A61B5/0408; A61B5/0478; A61B5/0492; A61M5/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Aoyama Ryo (1 person outside)