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US 8,137,375 B2Granted
Nasal packing device
AssigneeArthroCare Corporation
InventorsJohn Overton Hudson, Alberto Bauer
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Abstract
A kit for packing and supporting the nasal cavities after surgical procedures performed on the nose having two inflatable non-elastomeric balloons (6′, 6″) and inflation port arrangement (27) arranged so that, in use, each balloon (6′, 6″) can be located in a nasal cavity and inflated.
Claims12
A kit for packing nasal cavities comprising:
- first and second inflatable non-elastomeric balloons;
- an inflation line, each balloon connectable to the inflation line;
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- wherein the first and second balloons are mounted on a common delivery catheter such that the first balloon is disposed distally on the catheter with respect to the second balloon and are positioned so that one of the balloons may be positioned in an anterior portion of a single nostril and the other of the balloons may be positioned in a posterior portion of the single nostril, wherein one or both of the inflatable balloons are associated with an agent that retards or prevents bleeding within the nasal cavity, the agent provided in the form of a shroud secured to at least one of the balloons, and wherein the inflation line comprises two separate inflation lines, each balloon is connectable to a separate inflation line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.