Methods of Diode Laser Treatment of Nasal Valve Region

Abstract

There is provided a method for laser lipolysis of nasal valve obstruction which inserts a handheld laser device into a nostril of a patient. The device has a handpiece section and is connected to a diode laser at a proximal end of the device, with laser energy delivered along fiber optic internal to the handheld laser device inside the handpiece section. The fiber optic extends from a distal end of the handpiece section and is contained within a malleable sheath, culminating in a laser fiber optic tip at the distal end of the handheld laser device. The method delivers laser energy by the laser fiber optic tip to a selected treatment location of fibro-fatty tissue within a nasal valve of the nostril and ablates with laser energy any obstructing fibro-fatty tissue there. Treatments in tissue contact, non-contact, and interstitial modes are provided.

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