US 11,986,613 B2
Microstructure systems and methods for pain treatment
Robert Arman Audell, Beverly Hills, CA (US); Ronald J. Berenson, Seattle, WA (US); and Cheuk Yin Paul Leung, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to KitoTech Medical, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by KitoTech Medical, Inc., Seattle, WA (US); and Robert Arman Audell, Beverly Hills, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/180,538.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,376, filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,454, filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0252264 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 37/0015 (2013.01) [A61M 2037/0023 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0061 (2013.01); A61M 2205/054 (2013.01); A61M 2205/058 (2013.01); A61M 2205/36 (2013.01); A61M 2210/04 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of reducing or preventing pain or inflammation using a device comprising:
a foundation interconnecting a plurality of spring structures;
a backing including an adhesive layer, the foundation affixed to the backing; and
a plurality of microstructures arrayed on the foundation, each microstructure of the plurality of microstructures extending from the foundation adjacent to a spring structure of the plurality of spring structures;
the method comprising:
applying the device to tissue in a lower back area to treat sciatica pain; and
penetrating each microstructure of the plurality of microstructures into the tissue.