Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying the flexor retinaculum of the carpal tunnel, injecting an effective amount of an agent into at least a portion of flexor retinaculum or tissue adjacent thereto, wherein the agent is configured to weaken the flexor retinaculum. The system may further include means for increasing the tensile stress in the flexor retinaculum post-injection using hand exercises, thereby weakening its structural integrity and decreasing the pressure within the carpal tunnel that impairs median nerve function.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2014
Date of Patent:
February 27, 2018
Assignee:
JOHN M. AGEE, TRUSTEE OF THE JOHN M. AGEE TRUST OF AUGUST 15, 1996
Inventors:
John M. Agee, Ben C. Goss, Francis C. King, Jeffrey Woodhouse
Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying the flexor retinaculum of the carpal tunnel, injecting an effective amount of an agent into at least a portion of flexor retinaculum or tissue adjacent thereto, wherein the agent is configured to weaken the flexor retinaculum. The system may further include means for increasing the tensile stress in the flexor retinaculum post-injection using hand exercises, thereby weakening its structural integrity and decreasing the pressure within the carpal tunnel that impairs median nerve function.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 31, 2014
Publication date:
October 2, 2014
Applicant:
JOHN M. AGEE, TRUSTEE OF THE JOHN M. AGEE TRUST OF AUGUST 15, 1996
Inventors:
John M. Agee, Ben C. Goss, Francis C. King, Jeffrey Woodhouse
Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying the flexor retinaculum of the carpal tunnel, injecting an effective amount of an agent into at least a portion of flexor retinaculum or tissue adjacent thereto, wherein the agent is configured to weaken the flexor retinaculum. The system may further include means for increasing the tensile stress in the flexor retinaculum post-injection using hand exercises, thereby weakening its structural integrity and decreasing the pressure within the carpal tunnel that impairs median nerve function.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 13, 2014
Publication date:
July 10, 2014
Applicant:
JOHN M. AGEE, TRUSTEE OF THE JOHN M. AGEE TRUST OF AUGUST 15, 1996
Inventors:
John M. Agee, Ben C. Goss, Francis C. King, Jeffrey Woodhouse
Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying the flexor retinaculum of the carpal tunnel, injecting an effective amount of an agent into at least a portion of flexor retinaculum or tissue adjacent thereto, wherein the agent is configured to weaken the flexor retinaculum. The system may further include means for increasing the tensile stress in the flexor retinaculum post-injection using hand exercises, thereby weakening its structural integrity and decreasing the pressure within the carpal tunnel that impairs median nerve function.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 25, 2010
Publication date:
September 30, 2010
Applicant:
JOHN M. AGEE, TRUSTEE OF THE JOHN M. AGEE TRUST OF AUGUST 15, 1996
Inventors:
John M. Agee, Ben C. Goss, Francis C. King, Jeffrey Woodhouse
Abstract: Bone fragments resulting from a Colles' fracture of the distal radius bone are set in position by an external fixator that includes mounting structures attachable to the radius at a site proximal to the fracture and to a metacarpal, joined by a connector whose length is capable of both gross adjustment and precision adjustment, each mounting structure providing degrees of freedom independently of the connector length, the mounting structure at the radius end providing independent degrees of freedom for rotation around a proximal-distal axis and for rotation about an axis transverse to an axis parallel to the proximal-distal axis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 3, 2003
Date of Patent:
November 6, 2007
Assignee:
John M. Agee Trustee of the John M. Agee Trust