Methods and devices to treat nasal airways
AssigneeAerin Medical Inc.
InventorsScott J. Wolf, Andrew Frazier
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Abstract
A method for reshaping a nasal airway in a patient involves advancing an inflatable balloon of a reshaping device in an uninflated configuration into a nostril of the patient and between a nasal septum and a lateral wall of the nasal airway. The method then involves inflating the inflatable balloon to an inflated configuration to cause the inflatable balloon to contact nasal mucosa covering the nasal septum and the lateral wall, delivering energy from an energy delivery member attached to or inside of the inflatable balloon, and removing the reshaping device from the nasal airway.
Claims6
A method for reshaping a nasal airway in a patient, without forming an incision or leaving behind an implant, the method comprising:
- advancing an inflatable balloon of a reshaping device in an uninflated configuration into a nostril of the patient and between a nasal septum and a lateral wall of the nasal airway;
- inflating the inflatable balloon with sufficient pressure to cause the inflatable balloon to press against the lateral wall to increase a nasal valve angle and thus increase a diameter of the nasal airway;
- and
- removing the reshaping device from the nasal airway,
- wherein the diameter of the nasal airway remains increased after removal of the reshaping device and healing of the nasal airway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.