US 12,290,301 B1
Percutaneous surgical treatment for piriformis syndrome
Ara Deukmedjian, Orlando, FL (US)
Assigned to Panacea Spine, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by Panacea Spine, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/809,260.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/082 (2013.01) [A61B 90/36 (2016.02); A61B 2018/00315 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of treating piriformis syndrome of a human patient, in which the piriformis muscle extends from the sacrum to a greater trochanter of a proximal femur, comprising:
a) making an incision in the buttock of the patient;
b) percutaneously advancing a treatment probe through the incision to at or adjacent the upper trochanter of the proximal femur;
c) without inserting any medical visualization system into the patient, using the treatment probe to release the piriformis muscle from the greater trochanter by cutting at least one of the piriformis muscle and a piriformis muscle insertion tendon at a location between a lateral border of a sciatic nerve and a medial border of the greater trochanter; and
d) removing the treatment probe from the incision.