Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Treatment and placement device for sinusitis applications
- Patent Title (中): 鼻窦炎治疗和放置装置
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Application No.: US12837256Application Date: 2010-07-15
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Publication No.: US08435261B2Publication Date: 2013-05-07
- Inventor: Benjamin Arcand , Joseph E. Hale , Nikhil Murdeshwar , Bryan Rolfes
- Applicant: Benjamin Arcand , Joseph E. Hale , Nikhil Murdeshwar , Bryan Rolfes
- Applicant Address: unknown St. Paul
- Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Current Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Current Assignee Address: unknown St. Paul
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61M29/00
- IPC: A61M29/00 ; A61M5/178 ; A61M5/32 ; A61M25/00

Abstract:
Devices, methods and kits which, when installed or used, access, aspire, dilate, insufflate, drain or deliver fluid medicaments to, or place a patency device within a sinus area, such as a maxillary sinus or a maxillary sinus ostium. The device can include a hollow catheter and probe, and can be configured to permit gradual and incremental probe extension. The device can be constructed to enhance the precision and maneuverability within the nasal and sinus passageways, while also accommodating the natural anatomical geometry of a targeted paranasal treatment site. For example, the present treatment and placement device can accomplish access to the maxillary sinus ostium by utilizing an uncinate process to guide a probe tip into the ostium in a retrograde manner. The probe can be slidably, bi-directionally or co-axially positioned within the catheter. A distal portion of the probe can be biased away from a longitudinal axis of the catheter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110029007A1 TREATMENT AND PLACEMENT DEVICE FOR SINUSITIS APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2011-02-03
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