Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Patent
1995-01-10
1997-06-03
Yan, Ren
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
606192, A61B 1700
Patent
active
RE0355232
ABSTRACT:
Nerve entrapment such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is relieved by a surgical procedure for increasing the spatial diameter of the tunnel enclosing the nerve, which involves inserting a protected balloon catheter into the tunnel and serially inflating and deflating the catheter while moving it along the tunnel from one end to the other.
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