APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A NERVE BLOCK SITE BY ESTABLISHING A REFERENCE PLANE AND DELIVERING ANESTHETIC TO THE SITE

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a local anesthetic delivery device for delivering anesthetic to a nerve block site comprising a surgical mechanism for establishing a reference plane for identifying the nerve block site, wherein the surgical mechanism establishes the reference plane at the peritoneum and uses a known fixed distance to the nerve plane above to accurately locate the nerve block site and deliver anesthesia.