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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2008
Applicants:

Thomas J. Stegmann, Petersberg, DE;

Kenneth A. Thomas, Chatham, NJ (US);

John W. Jacobs, Amarillo, TX (US);

Tugan Muftuler, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Shadfar Bahri, Irvine, CA (US);

Hon Yu, Irvine, CA (US);

Vance Gardner, Irvine, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas J. Stegmann, Petersberg, DE;

Kenneth A. Thomas, Chatham, NJ (US);

John W. Jacobs, Amarillo, TX (US);

Tugan Muftuler, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Shadfar Bahri, Irvine, CA (US);

Hon Yu, Irvine, CA (US);

Vance Gardner, Irvine, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); G01N 33/74 (2006.01); G01N 33/84 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01); A61K 38/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/74 (2013.01); G01N 33/84 (2013.01); A61K 38/1709 (2013.01); A61K 38/1825 (2013.01); G01N 2333/50 (2013.01); G01N 2333/96486 (2013.01); G01N 2800/10 (2013.01); G01N 2800/105 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to methods for the diagnosis, amelioration, and treatment of back pain, particularly lumbar back pain, in particular, back pain caused by muscular abnormalities, vertebral body osteoporosis, and disc degeneration. Patients with back pain are categorized into specific subsets that are deemed to have potential to respond to therapy. In particular, the invention includes a therapy involving stimulation of neovascularization so as to increase perfusion of various spine compartments.


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