August 1, 2007 -
StimJect RF Cannula incorporates side port that allows injection of numbing agent without requiring removal of stimulating electrode, ensuring cannula remains at proper position for treating nerve. Side port lets physician touch only injection tubing, rather than cannula as whole, reducing procedure time and increasing treatment accuracy for radiofrequency therapy. When using this hollow RF needle, all physicians have to do is attach syringe to side port tubing.
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New StimJect RF Cannula Improves Accuracy and Reduces Procedure Time
MIDDLETON, Mass., July 19 - NeuroTherm, Inc., a global leader in radiofrequency generators for chronic pain management, introduces the StimJect RF Cannula designed to reduce procedure time and increase treatment accuracy of radiofrequency therapy.
The StimJect RF Cannula is a typical hollow RF needle, but it also incorporates a sideport that allows injection of a numbing agent without removing the stimulating electrode from the cannula. This ensures that the cannula remains at the proper position for treating the nerve.
"The RF cannula should be in close proximity to the painful nerve for best results," says Laurence Hicks, NeuroTherm's president and CEO. "Each time the cannula is touched, however, the physician increases the chance that it will be re-positioned, for better or worse. And to numb the nerve before lesioning, the physician must touch the cannula. However, once the nerve has been numbed, the physician can no longer verify needle location through nerve stimulation."
As a result, NeuroTherm designed the StimJect RF Cannula to eliminate the opportunity for unintentionally repositioning the cannula, an action that might occur after the physician has achieved satisfactory placement near the painful nerve. The cannula's special sideport allows the physician to touch only the injection tubing rather than the cannula as a whole.
Hicks explains that, during an RF procedure, physicians first insert the cannula into the patient, then introduce a probe, or electrode, into the cannula's hollow interior. The electrode is attached to a radiofrequency generator, which transmits an RF signal down to the nerve. The physician will apply a low-voltage signal to stimulate the nerve to verify appropriate cannula location. The lower the voltage for this signal, the closer to the nerve the RF cannula has been placed.
However, before continuing to radiofrequency lesioning, the nerve must be numbed. Without a StimJect RF Cannula, the physician would have to remove the electrode from the cannula, then attach a syringe to the needle for injection. After the injection, the physician would re-introduce the electrode.
"The injection phase of the procedure can result in shifting the RF cannula away from the tested, satisfactory location," Hicks says. "Because the nerve has been numbed, the physician has no way to determine if the new location is just as acceptable for a treatment site. The StimJect RF Cannula eliminates this concern."
Hicks points out that the radiofrequency-caused lesion occurs in a small area around the active tip of the cannula. Moreover, RF cannulae have active tips of 15 mm or less, which means their proximity to the nerve must be precise. "Any unintentional movement of the cannula away from the nerve site will lessen the effectiveness of treatment," he says.
Using the StimJect RF Cannula also may reduce procedure time, Hicks adds. The physician no longer needs to remove then re-insert the electrode before and after the injection. "All physicians have to do is attach the syringe to the sideport tubing. Thus, the StimJect RF Cannula allows the physician to be more efficient in treating patients."
The StimJect RF Cannula will be distributed worldwide by NeuroTherm's wide network of distributors, with the exception of Japan.
NeuroTherm, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of radiofrequency generators and related consumables used in the treatment of chronic pain. The company recently introduced the NT1000, the world's first RF generator capable of producing three lesions simultaneously. NeuroTherm also pioneered the development and use of disposable electrodes in the U.K. market.
NeuroTherm is based in Middleton, MA., with another facility outside London, England. The company was formed in September 2005, as a concurrent acquisition of RDG Medical in the U.K., and RF Medical and Precision Medical Engineering in the U.S. by Cortec Group Fund III, L.P., an affiliate of Cortec Group, Inc. Additional information about NeuroTherm can be found on the Internet at http://www.neurotherm.com/.
CONTACT: Spiro Mandylor, Global Marketing Manager, of NeuroTherm, Inc., +1-888-655-3500, spiro@neurotherm.com
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Phone: 888-655-3500 E-mail this person Company Information: Name: NeuroTherm Inc. Address: 2 DeBush Ave. City: Middleton State: MA ZIP: 01949 Country: USA Phone: 888-655-3500 FAX: 978-777-5121 http://www.neurotherm.com
Dear Mr Spiro Mandylor,Hi,With big interest I read StimjectRF Canula by Mr Laurence Hicks,I as Seniorconsultant Orthopedicsurgeon FACHARZT in Orthopedics 1975 Germany,planning to make Center for Backpain management with Neurotherm RF Generator NT1100 / 1000. I am interested to cooperate fully with your Neurotherm.com in Jordan and the Middle East by Equipments NT1100 RF and Electrodes,Canulas,Needles etc..When you are ready to assign me as your Consultant for the Markrting and profesionally Regional Consultant for NEUROTHERM RF.com. I am in need to be hospitalised by your Neurotherm.Company in MA,USA.To Teach me all the necessaries about the NT RF Generators to be able to conduct Symposioms in Jordan and Arab Countries.Hoping to have positive News.
Sincerely yours
Dr Khaled Issa Horani
Senior consultant Ortopedic Surgeon
Amman / Jordan
+962 777 964 367
By Consultantorthopedics Dr Khaled Horani on Jul 21, 2009 04:44
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