Patent attributes
An improved anesthetic nerve block and method is disclosed comprising a dispenser including a storage body, a transfer body and a tip for positioning adjacent to the nerve. A local short acting anesthetic is in the storage body. A physiologic carbonate base is in the storage body. The local short acting anesthetic and the physiologic carbonate base are dispensed from the tip of the dispenser where the local short acting anesthetic facilities the penetration of the physiologic carbonate base through the nerve membrane and into the axon. A local long acting anesthetic is in the storage body. The local long acting anesthetic is dispensed from the tip of the dispenser and penetrates through the nerve membrane and into the axon. The local long acting anesthetic and the physiologic carbonate base cause a precipitate and form a crystallization compound for creating a prolonged local nerve block.
