SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING POST-OPERATIVE, ACUTE, AND CHRONIC PAIN USING AN INTRA-MUSCULAR CATHETER ADMINISTRATED COMBINATION OF A LOCAL ANESTHETIC AND A NEUROTOXIN PROTEIN
Gerardo Zavala, JR.;Gerardo Zavala;Gerardo Zavala, SR.; JR.
发明人:
Gerardo Zavala, JR.,Gerardo Zavala, SR.
申请号：
US13588232
公开号：
US20120321612A1
申请日:
2012.08.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
Systems, and methods for the use of such systems, are described that allow for the administration of a combination of a sustained release local anesthetic compound (such as bupivicaine) through a catheter based administration device and direct visualization or percutaneous injection of a neurotoxic protein compound (such as botulinum toxin) for post-operative and refractory treated muscle pain and discomfort in patients having undergone spinal surgery and other muscle splitting or treatments aimed at improving muscle pain. The systems utilize specific catheter-based administration protocols and methods for placement of the catheter in association with muscles surrounding the spine and other anatomical sites within the patient. The utilization of an initial bolus of a specific combination of medications (local anesthetic compound and or neurotoxic protein compound) followed by a dosage pump administration through the catheter is anticipated. A variety of local anesthetics (in addition to bupivicaine) and a number of different neurotoxin proteins (in addition to the Botulinum toxin) may be utilized in the medicament administration protocols described.
