Apparatus and methods for phototherapy

    公开(公告)号:US11565122B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US17566892

    申请日:2021-12-31

    申请人: Chine, LLC

    发明人: John MacMahon

    IPC分类号: A61N5/00 A61N5/06

    摘要: Apparatus and methods of controlled therapeutic modulation of an immune response by an immune system of a patient. UV radiation is applied to the skin of a patient for a predetermined time period or dose. The application of UV radiation is repeated for the predetermined time or dose or for a modified predetermined time period or dose based on patient feedback after applying for the predetermined time period or dose, multiple times, wherein each repetition is performed after a predetermined rest period has passed. The patient is tested after at least one session of application of UV radiation and levels of one or more indicators read by the test are compared to levels that were established as baseline levels from a test taken before the initial application of UV radiation. The treatments are discontinued when a predetermined differential threshold between retesting levels and baseline levels in at least one indicator has been met, or for a predetermined number of times, whichever occurs first.

    Devices, apparatus and methods for patient-specific MIS procedures

    公开(公告)号:US11534183B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US17169435

    申请日:2021-02-06

    申请人: SpineCraft, LLC

    摘要: Devices, apparatus and methods for patient-specific MIS procedures. A patient-specific, MIS navigation guide device may include a main body having a proximal surface and a distal surface, wherein the distal surface is configured to face target tissue upon placement of said MIS navigation guide device. Anchors extend distally of the distal surface, and distal ends of the anchors lie on a three dimensional surface that matches contours of the target tissue in locations where the anchors are designed to contact. An operational guide is configured to guide the performance of a surgical operational step on the target tissue along an optimal pathway predefined by the operational guide relative to the main body. A position indicator on the device is interpretable by a surgeon to know when the anchors have not yet been contacted to the target tissue in a predetermined orientation and to know when the anchors have been contacted to the target tissue in the predetermined orientation.

    MIS access port and methods of using

    公开(公告)号:US11317943B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16704341

    申请日:2019-12-05

    申请人: SpineCraft, LLC

    摘要: A method of performing minimally invasive surgery includes inserting an access port through the skin of a patient and positioning the access port so that a distal end of the access port enters or is in contact with an intervertebral disk. An instrument is inserted through the access port such that a distal end portion of the instrument extends into the intervertebral disk, and the instrument is manipulated to pass a shaft portion of the instrument through at least a portion of a slot of the port.