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US 9,005,284 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for treating dilating the ethmoid infundibulum
AssigneeEntellus Medical, Inc.
InventorThomas V. Ressemann
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Abstract
A method of dilating an infundibular space within the human head includes directing at least a distal portion of an elongate member of a medical device into a nasal cavity of the human head, the distal portion including a piercing tip and an expandable portion. The piercing tip is directed through tissue of an uncinate process or tissue near an uncinate process and into an ethmoid infundibulum and the expandable portion of the distal end is expanded within the ethmoid infundibulum.
Claims13
A method of dilating an infundibular space within the human head, the method comprising:
- directing at least a distal portion of an elongate member of a medical device into a nasal cavity of the human head, the distal portion including a piercing tip and an expandable portion;
- directing the piercing tip through tissue of an uncinate process or through tissue near the uncinate process and into an ethmoid infundibulum;
- expanding the expandable portion of the distal end within the ethmoid infundibulum;
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- detaching the expandable portion from the medical device and withdrawing the elongate member while leaving the expandable portion within the human head.
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