Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices for therapeutic nasal neuromodulation and associated methods and systems
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Application No.: US16382802Application Date: 2019-04-12
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Publication No.: US11690672B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: David Townley , Brian Shields , Ivan Keogh , Michele Qi Zhan , Conor Farrell
- Applicant: National University of Ireland, Galway
- Applicant Address: IE Galway
- Assignee: National University of Ireland, Galway
- Current Assignee: National University of Ireland, Galway
- Current Assignee Address: IE Galway
- Agency: Brown Rudnick LLP
- Agent Adam M. Schoen
- Main IPC: A61N1/05
- IPC: A61N1/05 ; A61N1/40 ; A61F7/12 ; A61B18/24 ; A61N1/18 ; A61N1/32 ; A61N1/36 ; A61B18/14 ; A61N1/375 ; A61B17/00 ; A61N5/02 ; A61N7/00 ; A61B18/02 ; A61B18/18 ; A61B18/00 ; A61F7/00 ; A61N1/06

Abstract:
A device for therapeutic neuromodulation in a nasal region can include, for example, a shaft and a therapeutic element at a distal portion of the shaft. The shaft can locate the distal portion intraluminally at a target site inferior to a patient's sphenopalatine foramen. The therapeutic element can include an energy delivery element configured to therapeutically modulate postganglionic parasympathetic nerves at microforamina of a palatine bone of the human patient for the treatment of rhinitis or other indications. In other embodiments, the therapeutic element can be configured to therapeutically modulate nerves that innervate the frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, and maxillary sinuses for the treatment of chronic sinusitis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190239953A1 Devices for Therapeutic Nasal Neuromodulation and Associated Methods and Systems Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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