Percutaneous analgesic device enabling both local anesthetic delivery and electrical stimulation (neuromodulation) of peripheral nerves: a pilot feasibility study (case series)
Brian M Ilfeld, Engy T Said, Brian H Park, Sanjay K Sinha, Bryan Leek, Matthew J Meunier, Ian M Foran, Andrew Hurvitz, William T Kent, Alexandra K Schwartz, Baharin Abdullah, Rafael Alkabalan, Nathan Lau, John J Finneran · 2026
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Brian Ilfeld and co-authors pilot a pain-relief device that mixes two treatments in one catheter, in a 2026 case series. After surgery, numbing medicine through a thin tube near a nerve eases pain, and gentle electric pulses on the same nerve can extend that relief. The new device does both through a single needle-placed system.
A needle-over-catheter design lets doctors place it with ultrasound guidance in about the time of a standard single shot. The built-in electrode and pulse unit can keep stimulating for up to twenty-eight days, long after the patient goes home. One placement can give a single block, a continuous block, and weeks of stimulation. The pilot tests whether such a combined device works in real patients.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Brian M Ilfeld, Engy T Said, Brian H Park, Sanjay K Sinha, Bryan Leek, Matthew J Meunier, Ian M Foran, Andrew Hurvitz, William T Kent, Alexandra K Schwartz, Baharin Abdullah, Rafael Alkabalan, Nathan Lau, John J Finneran |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |