Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for treating disorders of the ear nose and throat
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Application No.: US15814984Application Date: 2017-11-16
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Publication No.: US10702295B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Thomas R. Jenkins , Eric Goldfarb , Tom Thanh Vo , Joshua Makower , Robert N. Wood , Ronda M. Heiser , Christopher Larsen , Daniel T. Harfe
- Applicant: Acclarent, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Frost Brown Todd LLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/24
- IPC: A61B17/24 ; A61B1/233 ; A61M29/02 ; A61M25/10 ; A61M25/00 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/12 ; A61M25/09 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A device for dilating an ostium of a paranasal sinus of a human or animal subject may include: a handle; an elongate shaft having a proximal end coupled with the handle and extending to a distal end; a guidewire disposed through at least a portion of the shaft lumen; a dilator having a non-expanded configuration and an expanded configuration; and a slide member coupled with at least one of the guidewire or the dilator through the longitudinal opening of the shaft for advancing the guidewire and/or the dilator relative to the shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180125515A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING DISORDERS OF THE EAR NOSE AND THROAT Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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