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Method And Apparatus For Diagnosing And Assessing Centralized Pain, Jeffrey Hargrove
Method And Apparatus For Diagnosing And Assessing Centralized Pain, Jeffrey Hargrove
Mechanical Engineering Patents
Methods for central pain diagnosis and assessment, symptom severity prediction, and therapeutic intervention effect determination. The diagnosis and assessment method includes a statistical comparison between a subject's quantitative brain function assessment and either a database of quantitative assessments of brain functions of healthy individuals, or a database of quantitative assessments of brain functions of individuals known to have been suffering from chronic pain as a result of the abnormal brain function condition. Diagnosis and assessment may be accomplished using a neuroimaging device to sense and generate images representing central nervous system function, using a sensory stimulation device to stimulate brain …
Compression Transmission Collar For Fastening, Patrick Atkinson, David Lecronier
Compression Transmission Collar For Fastening, Patrick Atkinson, David Lecronier
Mechanical Engineering Patents
A compression transmission collar apparatus (20) for implantation into a bone (22) with a hole (28) having a hole wall (32) comprising an intramedullary nail (34) defining a bore (40) and a threaded fastener (42) and a compression transmission collar (58) including an exterior face (64) and a top edge (60) and a bottom edge (62) and a first end (70) intersecting the top edge (60) at an acute angle and the bottom edge …
Method And Apparatus For Treating Centralized Pain, Jeffrey Hargrove
Method And Apparatus For Treating Centralized Pain, Jeffrey Hargrove
Mechanical Engineering Patents
A method for alleviating centralized pain in human subjects includes assessing the brain of a subject suffering from pain, diagnosing abnormal brain function associated with centralized pain, locating at least one area of abnormal brain function associated with the centralized pain, and alleviating the abnormal brain function by applying a cortical stimulation signal to tissues corresponding to the at least one area of abnormal brain function.
Adjustable Jig And Method For Targeting Interlocking Holes Of An Intramedullary Nail, Patrick Atkinson, Adam Nicholas Garlock
Adjustable Jig And Method For Targeting Interlocking Holes Of An Intramedullary Nail, Patrick Atkinson, Adam Nicholas Garlock
Mechanical Engineering Patents
A targeting jig apparatus for targeting interlocking holes of an intramedullary nail. The targeting jig includes a support-arm extending substantially parallel to the intramedullary nail. A targeting mechanism including a pair of targeting mechanism drill-guide orifices is adjustably disposed on the support arm for aligning the targeting mechanism drill-guide orifice with the interlocking holes of the intramedullary nail. The targeting mechanism includes a saddle having a U-shape including a base and parallel legs that are slidable along the support-arm. A connection mechanism includes a horizontal slot on the support-arm aligned with a vertical slot on the targeting mechanism and a …
Adjustable Jig And Method For Targeting Interlocking Holes Of An Intramedullary Nail, Patrick J. Atkinson
Adjustable Jig And Method For Targeting Interlocking Holes Of An Intramedullary Nail, Patrick J. Atkinson
Mechanical Engineering Patents
A targeting jig apparatus for targeting interlocking holes of an intramedullary nail. The targeting jig includes a support-arm extending substantially parallel to the intramedullary nail. A targeting mechanism including a pair of targeting mechanism drioll-guide orifices is adjustably disposed on the support arm for aligning the targeting mechanism drilol-guide orifice with the interlocking holes of the intramedullary nail. The targeting mechanism includes a saddle having a U-shape including a base and parallel legs that are slidable along the support-arm. A connection mechanism includes a horizontal slot on the support-arm aligned with a vertical slot on the targeting mechanism and a …