US Patent Issued to Panacea Spine on May 6 for "Percutaneous surgical treatment for piriformis syndrome" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,301, issued on May 6, was assigned to Panacea Spine LLC (Orlando, Fla.).

"Percutaneous surgical treatment for piriformis syndrome" was invented by Ara Deukmedjian (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for treating chronic piriformis muscle inflammation, commonly referred to as piriformis syndrome. The method includes percutaneous advancing an electrocautery probe through an incision at the back of the buttock, and navigating the probe under medical imaging toward a proximal end of a femur bone adjacent the greater trochanter. The probe is activated to cut the piriformis muscle or piriformis muscle inserti...