Implant for sinus cavity reconstruction
AssigneeSinUse Corp.
InventorsGabriel Zada, Seyed Mohammadreza Ghodsi
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Abstract
An implant for a sinus cavity that can have a main body portion and a second body portion coupled with the main body portion. In some embodiments, the second body portion can extend at an angle away from the main body portion. The implant can be sized and configured for implantation in the frontal sinus. A size and a shape of the implant can be similar to a size and a shape of the frontal sinus of a patient that the implant will be implanted into. WO
Claims32
An implant for a sinus cavity, comprising:
- a main body portion;
- a second body portion coupled with the main body portion, the second body portion extending at an angle away from the main body portion;
- wherein:
- the implant is sized and configured for implantation in the frontal sinus;
- a size and a shape of the implant is similar to a size and a shape of the frontal sinus of a patient that the implant will be implanted into;
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- the implant is configured to expand in situ when the implant increases in temperature after implantation of the implant in the sinus cavity.
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A method of making a sinus implant for a frontal sinus, comprising:
- reviewing imaging data of a frontal sinus region from a plurality of patients;
- forming a first frontal sinus implant for a first range of patients, the first frontal sinus implant having a first size and comprising:
- a main body portion;
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- a second body portion extending at an angle away from the main body portion;
- wherein, the first frontal sinus implant is shaped to approximately match a shape of the frontal sinus.
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A method of treating a frontal sinus of a patient during a craniotomy procedure, comprising:
- providing an implant that has a shape that approximates a shape of the frontal sinus of the patient;
- trimming or molding the implant to be positioned within the frontal sinus of the patient;
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- positioning the implant in the front sinus so a portion of the implant is positioned in a frontal recess of the front sinus to plug or obliterate, or substantially plug or obliterate, the frontal sinus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.