Inventors:
Pablo E. Garcia - Menlo Park CA, US
Chunyuan Qin - Huntington Beach CA, US
Sarah J. Young - Menlo Park CA, US
Karen Frances Shakespear - San Francisco CA, US
Sanjeev Dutta - Stanford CA, US
Elliot Krane - Stanford CA, US
Radhamangalam J. Ramamurthi - Stanford CA, US
International Classification:
A61B 18/18
Abstract:
A nerve block catheter system employs an indwelling, flexible catheter comprising a tissue lock to retain the catheter tip in pharmacologically proximity to a target nerve and optionally, a decoupler that insulates the tip of the catheter from proximal tissue movement.