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US 12,419,782 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods for improved nasal cavity treatments
AssigneeArrinex, Inc.
InventorsBrian Fahey, William Jason Fox
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Abstract
In an example, a cryotherapy device includes an elongated shaft, and a cryotherapy delivery member coupled to a distal end of the elongated shaft. The cryotherapy delivery member is configured to apply, from a fixed position in a nasal cavity, thermal energy to at least one of a plurality of nerves in the nasal cavity or a plurality of branches of a nerve in the nasal cavity.
Claims12
A cryotherapy device, comprising:
- an elongated shaft;
- and
- a cryotherapy delivery member coupled to a distal end of the elongated shaft, wherein the cryotherapy delivery member comprises a plurality of plates and a plurality of rods coupling the plurality of plates to the distal end of the elongated shaft,
- wherein the cryotherapy delivery member is configured to apply, from a fixed position in a nasal cavity, by one or more of the plurality of plates contacting a nasal wall, cryotherapy to at least one nerve in the nasal cavity or at least one branch of a nerve in the nasal cavity.
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A cryotherapy device comprising:
- an elongated shaft;
- and
- a cryotherapy delivery member coupled to a distal end of the elongated shaft, wherein the cryotherapy delivery member comprises:
- a first cryotherapy delivery member configured to apply cryotherapy to a first nerve in a nasal cavity or a first branch of a nerve in the nasal cavity, and
- a second cryotherapy delivery member configured to apply cryotherapy to a second nerve in the nasal cavity or a second branch of the nerve in the nasal cavity,
- wherein the first cryotherapy delivery member and the second cryotherapy delivery member are configured to be inserted into one nostril of the nasal cavity and are configured to be articulated independently relative to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.