CPC A61B 18/0218 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00065 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00238 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00327 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00583 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0262 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A method for treating or preventing a chronic daily headache, a cluster headache, a tension headache, a migraine, or an acute headache of a patient, the method comprising:
advancing a non-penetrating cryotherapy element into a nasal cavity of a patient with the cryotherapy element in a first collapsed configuration;
contacting the cryotherapy element with a surface of a nasal cavity tissue without penetrating the surface of the nasal cavity tissue;
reconfiguring the cryotherapy element from the first collapsed configuration to a second expanded configuration; and
cryogenically cooling a target treatment site with the cryotherapy element in order to treat or prevent a chronic daily headache, a cluster headache, a tension headache, a migraine, or an acute headache, wherein the target treatment site comprises a nerve branch originating from a trigeminal nerve.
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