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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Alacrity, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Philip C. Cory, Bozeman, MT (US);
Steven P. Woodard, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alacrity, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/40 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/40 (2013.01); A61B 5/04001 (2013.01); A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/4893 (2013.01); A61B 5/6877 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/36021 (2013.01); A61N 1/0534 (2013.01); A61N 1/3706 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices are disclosed for inducing analgesia in a localized region of tissue. Inducing analgesia may be performed by identifying a nerve associated with the localized region, determining a resonant frequency for target neuronal cell membranes of the nerve, and generating a peripheral nerve blockade using the determined resonant frequency. The resonant frequency may be a frequency at which impedance of the nerve approaches a maximum.