Medical Apparatus with Ultrasound Image, Tracking and Balloon Inflation
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc. d.b.a. Olympus Surgical Technologies America
InventorMing J. Cheng
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a medical apparatus. The medical apparatus includes an ultrasound probe, a handpiece, and a pedal member. The ultrasound probe is configured to be externally positioned on a facial area of a patient. The handpiece has a guidewire and a balloon catheter. The balloon catheter is configured to be in fluid communication with a fluid source. The pedal member is configured to operably manipulate the fluid source. The ultrasound probe is configured to position the balloon catheter to a nasal ostium of the patient for dilation of the nasal ostium through the guidewire.
Claims18
A medical apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasound probe configured to be externally positioned on a facial area of a patient;
- a handpiece having a guidewire and a balloon catheter, the balloon catheter configured to be in fluid communication with a fluid source;
- a pedal member configured to operably manipulate the fluid source;
- wherein the ultrasound probe is configured to position the balloon catheter to a nasal ostium of the patient for dilation of the nasal ostium through the guidewire.
A medical apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasound probe configured to be externally positioned on a facial area of a patient;
- a handpiece having a distal tip and a balloon catheter, the balloon catheter configured to be in fluid communication with a fluid source;
- a pedal member configured to operably manage the fluid source;
- wherein the ultrasound probe is configured to guide the distal tip of the handpiece through a nasal cavity to a nasal ostium of the patient through a monitoring screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.