Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods of treating nasal airways
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Application No.: US16521991Application Date: 2019-07-25
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Publication No.: US10932853B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Scott J. Wolf , Andrew Frazier
- Applicant: Aerin Medical, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Aerin Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Aerin Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B18/02
- IPC: A61B18/02 ; A61B18/18 ; A61B18/16 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B18/20 ; A61F5/08 ; A61B5/01 ; A61B18/12 ; A61N5/02 ; A61N5/06 ; A61N1/40 ; A61N7/02 ; A61B17/32 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B17/24 ; A61B18/06 ; A61B18/08 ; A61F5/56 ; A61B17/28 ; A61F7/10

Abstract:
A device is described for treating a nasal airway by modifying a property of a nasal tissue of or near a nasal valve of the airway, without using a surgical incision or an implant, to decrease airflow resistance or perceived airflow resistance in the nasal airway. Various embodiments include an elongate shaft, a bipolar radiofrequency delivery member extending from one end of the shaft, and a handle attached to the elongate shaft at an opposite end from the radiofrequency delivery member. The radiofrequency delivery member is sized to be inserted into a nose and configured to at least temporarily deform the nasal tissue and deliver radiofrequency energy. The radiofrequency delivery member includes two rows of protruding electrodes disposed on a tissue contact surface, and the device is configured to deliver radiofrequency energy from one row of electrodes to the other row of electrodes.
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