US 11,806,300 B2
Method and system of mechanical nerve stimulation for pain relief
Meredith McGee, Cary, NC (US); Nathan Crosby, Cleveland, OH (US); John Chae, Strongsville, OH (US); and Joseph W. Boggs, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to SPR Therapeutics, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by SPR Therapeutics, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/084,629.
Application 18/084,629 is a continuation of application No. 15/790,564, filed on Oct. 23, 2017, granted, now 11,540,973.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/411,068, filed on Oct. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135669 A1, May 4, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61H 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 23/006 (2013.01) [A61H 23/004 (2013.01); A61H 39/08 (2013.01); A61H 2203/03 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
percutaneously implanting a flexible, open-coiled helical structure in a tissue of a body;
allowing mechanical connection of the helical structure to a neural receptor in the tissue of the body; and
after mechanical connection of the helical structure, mechanically generating an action potential in at least one of Type Ia and Ib target afferent nerve fibers while avoiding generation of action potentials in non-target Type III and IV nerve fibers, wherein the at least one of Type Ia and Ib target afferent nerve fibers are located outside a central nervous system of the body, and wherein the mechanical generation of the action potential occurs through the helical structure transferring energy from movement of the helical structure relative to the tissue and without electrical stimulation to reduce a perception of pain.