Guide catheter and method of use
AssigneeEntellus Medical, Inc.
InventorsThomas V. Ressemann, Peter T. Keith, Theodore O. Truitt
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AssigneeEntellus Medical, Inc.
InventorsThomas V. Ressemann, Peter T. Keith, Theodore O. Truitt
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A system for manipulating a guide catheter within a patient's nasal passages or sinus cavities includes a guide catheter formed from an elongate flexible member having a lumen passing there through. A wire guide is slidably disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system further includes a steering member fixedly secured to a proximal end of the wire guide and a proximal hub secured to a proximal end of the guide catheter. The system further includes a recessed handle having a first recess for fixedly receiving the proximal hub of the guide catheter and a second recess for receiving the steering member, the second recess being dimensioned to permit axial and rotational movement of the steering member while disposed in the second recess.
A system for dilating tissue of a drainage pathway of a sinus cavity, the system comprising:
A method of dilating tissue of a sinus cavity, comprising:
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