MeDevice's Patented Device, "Ctrac" for addressing the Prevention and Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a "Stretch IT, Don't Cut IT" solution

MeDevice will be releasing Ctrac in the first quarter of 2004.

MeDevice's "Ctrac" - A better mousetrap!

MeDevice has a better mousetrap for the treatment of CTS. Our approach stems from a vision of increasing the cross sectional area of the Carpal Tunnel by elongating the Carpal Ligament (CL). We believe in stretching it, rather than cutting it".

Two clinical approaches have been tried to stretch the CL with poor to fair and inconsistent results. These approaches include Tai Chi Training and a Hand Stretching Protocol used by occupational and physical therapists. The question is, why the inconsistent results?

We believe that in order to produce a significant amount of stretching of the CL three factors must be present.

1. The direction of tension placed on the CL must be longitudinal to the ligament in order to increase its length.
2. The amount of force applied to the CL must be consistent in every treatment in order to produce progressive stretching.
3. Stretching must be done daily, multiple times a day for a sufficient amount of time to elongate the CL.

Tai Chi and the Hand Stretching Protocol are both oriented towards elongating the CL but both lack consistency in the amount of force used and the direction of the force may also vary depending on the way the patient performs the exercises. Since the force cannot be measured, the patients may use too little or too much force. In the former they would not produce the expected stretching in the latter they could get injured.

MeDevices Ctrac produces a controlled, consistent amount of force with every use. This translates into a progressively longer CL, less pressure on the Median nerve and resolution of symptoms of CTS. MRI images showed the efficacy of the Ctrac in elongating the CL.

The subjects in this research had symptoms for an average of 4 years making them poor candidates for surgery. We wanted to test Ctrac in the most severely affected CTS patients. Still, Ctrac produced very impressive short and long-term results. None of the patients had to undergo surgery and none had to change jobs.

Dr. B Sucher has demonstrated with multiple cadaver studies that the CL can be stretched. His more recent work shows the ligament undergoes most of the elongation in the first few minutes of stretching. This has also been proven with MRI slices showing the CL with and without Ctrac. This is consistent with Ctrac 5 minutes, three times a day for 4-6 weeks progressive stretching program, which showed excellent results.

We believe Ctrac will avoid thousands of surgeries for CTS significantly decreasing the costs of treating CTS. It will change the way the world treats CTS.

About the Author

After medical school, Humberto completed his internship followed by residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Saint Vincents Hospital in NYC, NY. He served as president of the Residents section of the NY Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. After being Chief Resident of the PM&R Dept., he was the first Physical Medicine specialist to be accepted in the Interventional Pain Management program of the anesthesia department at Saint Vincents Hospital. He is board certified and practices Interventional Pain Management in Ft Lauderdale, FL.

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