METHODS FOR BILATERAL CENTRAL AUTONOMIC NEUROMODULATION

摘要

The invention provides a system and method for pain treatment in which a medication is delivered with good localization to the SPG and to the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve—known a V2. A treating physician uses a drug delivery device to insert a delivery catheter into nostril of a patient lying supine and orient the catheter with respect to the SPG and V2. The physician operates a mechanism on the catheter to express the medication and allows for gravity-influenced transport to bring the medication to the SPG and V2.

主权项

1. A method of treating a patient for pain, the method comprising:
inserting at least one catheter of a drug delivery device into a nostril of a patient lying supine; operating a delivery mechanism on a proximal portion of the drug delivery device to cause a medication to be pushed in a distal direction through the catheter; delivering the medication out of an exit port on a distal end of the catheter and into a target site in the patient; and medicating a maxillary branch of a trigeminal nerve (V2) and a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) by causing the medication to make contact with the V2 and the SPG.