US 11,938,055 B2
Method and apparatus for treating the brain and/or spinal cord using a catheter
Rohit Khanna, Daytona Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Rohit Khanna, Daytona Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/075,058.
Application 17/075,058 is a continuation of application No. 16/131,405, filed on Sep. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,849,787.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/559,168, filed on Sep. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0030587 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 19/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 7/12 (2013.01) [A61F 7/123 (2013.01); A61M 1/85 (2021.05); A61M 19/00 (2013.01); A61M 25/0026 (2013.01); A61M 25/003 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0056 (2013.01); A61F 7/0085 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0096 (2013.01); A61F 2007/126 (2013.01); A61M 3/0229 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0024 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0031 (2013.01); A61M 2027/004 (2013.01); A61M 27/006 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0464 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3303 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3606 (2013.01); A61M 2205/366 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0693 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1003 (2013.01); A61M 2230/08 (2013.01); A61M 2230/10 (2013.01); A61M 2230/30 (2013.01); A61M 2230/50 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for treatment of a nervous system, the method comprising:
inserting a flexible catheter including a drainage lumen into a cerebrospinal fluid space;
draining cerebrospinal fluid through the drainage lumen in the catheter to decrease pressure in the nervous system;
monitoring a functional status of thoracic spinal cord evoked potentials of the nervous system;
monitoring a functional status of cervical spinal cord evoked potentials of the nervous system; and
modifying the treatment of the nervous system to adjust for any change in the functional status of the thoracic spinal cord evoked potentials of the nervous system relative to the functional status of the cervical spinal cord evoked potentials of the nervous system.