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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2014
John M. Agee, Trustee of the John M. Agee Trust of Aug. 15, 1996, Sacramento, CA (US);
John M. Agee, Cameron Park, CA (US);
Ben C. Goss, Athens, GA (US);
Francis C. King, Sacramento, CA (US);
Jeffrey Woodhouse, Sacramento, CA (US);
JOHN M. AGEE AND KAREN K. AGEE, TRUSTEES OF THE JOHN M. AGEE TRUST, Sacramento, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for identifying the flexor retinaculum of the carpal tunnel, injecting an effective amount of an agent into at least a portion of flexor retinaculum or tissue adjacent thereto, wherein the agent is configured to weaken the flexor retinaculum. The system may further include means for increasing the tensile stress in the flexor retinaculum post-injection using hand exercises, thereby weakening its structural integrity and decreasing the pressure within the carpal tunnel that impairs median nerve function.