| US 7,462,177 B2 | ||
| Anesthesia conduction catheter | ||
| Stephen Brushey, Pittsburgh, Pa. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Micor, Inc., Allison Park, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 29, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/651,728. | ||
| Application 10/651728 is a division of application No. 09/816440, filed on Mar. 23, 2001, granted, now 6,676,643. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/191726, filed on Mar. 24, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0064131 A1, Apr. 01, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 604—524 [604/506; 604/264] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A method of managing peripheral pain, said method comprising:
inserting into a patient a catheter comprising a flexible cylindrical tube having a proximal portion open at one end and a
distal portion, said portions in fluid communication, said distal portion comprising a closed, rounded tip and a diffusion
area having at least one opening therethrough which permits fluid flow, said proximal portion including a proximal tip and
at least one reinforcement member attached at one of said distal tip and said proximal tip of said flexible cylindrical tube,
with the remainder of said at least one reinforcement member movable within said flexible cylindrical tube;
connecting the open proximal end of said catheter to a pain management fluid source; and
flowing said pain management fluid from said source through said catheter into said patient.
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