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US 2016/0249795 A1Published application
Insertion method
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorKen FUJISAKI
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Abstract
An insertion method includes: specifying a part of a mucous membrane which lies between a nasal cavity and a maxillary sinus and which is located in a space surrounded by an inferior nasal concha, a lacrimal bone, an ethmoid bone, and a palatine bone, as an opening formation position where an opening connected to the maxillary sinus is formed; forming the opening at the opening formation position; and inserting a medical device into the maxillary sinus through the formed opening.
Claims7
An insertion method comprising:
- specifying a part of a mucous membrane which lies between a nasal cavity and a maxillary sinus and which is located in a space surrounded by an inferior nasal concha, a lacrimal bone, an ethmoid bone, and a palatine bone, as an opening formation position where an opening connected to the maxillary sinus is formed;
- forming the opening at the opening formation position;
- and
- inserting a medical device into the maxillary sinus through the formed opening.
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