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Acclarnet, Inc.

Accalrent, Inc.

Biosense Webster, Inc.

Vrany, Julia D.

Makower, Joshua

Ketan P Muni

Hung V Ha

John Y Chang

Joshua Makower

John H Morriss

Isaac J Kim

William M Facteau

Julia D Vrany

Randy S Chan

Sivette Lam

Celso J Bagaoisan

Eric A Goldfarb

Gholam-Reza Zadno-Azizi

Andy T Nguyen

Amrish Jayprakash Walke

Anton G Clifford

Nga K Van

William E Bolger

Udayan G Patel

Tai Chun Cheng

Robert P Saltman

Ziyun Chen

Jetmir Palushi

Lawrence D Wasicek

Mukund R Patel

Howard L Levine

Siddhi K Desai

Randy J Kesten

Earl A Bright, Ii

Daniel T Harfe

Samuel L Omaleki

Juan T Domingo

Celso Jacinto Bagaoisan

Joseph Roberson

Philip Christopher Evard

Robert K Deckman

Bryan Patrick Flaherty

Henry F Salazar

Jefferey C Bleam

Mina W Chow

James H Silver

Don Q Ngo-Chu

Carlos F Fernandez

Peter Franklin Campbell

Daniel K Hallock

Marc Dean

Andrew Drake

Gholam Reza Zadno-Azizi

Dennis S Poe

Kyle Imatani

Holger Sudhoff

Gregory W Johnson

Rodney C Perkins

Thomas R Jenkins

Robert M Abrams

Darius D Eghbal

Arthur M Lin

Fatemeh Akbarian

Itamar Bustan

Paul Rucker

Scott O Chamness

Noam Racheli

Mei Y Pader

James G Lee

David A Smith, Jr

Jake L Olsen

William J Kane

Shrirang V Ranade

Helen Wolfson

Nawid Mehrzai

Todd A Veloni

Ika Dekel

Mir A Imran

Andrew Nguyen

Jeong Soo Lee

Robert J Tannhauser

William Stephen Tremulis

Troy L Thornton

Motasim Mahmoud Sirhan

Mathew D Clopp

Roy Leguidleguid

Robert W Flagler

John Anastasiadis

David Lowe

Michael S Williams

Mina W B Chow

Bozena Zofia Maslanka

John P Shanahan

Erik Eli

Show-Mean Steve Wu

Jeff Pappas

Howard Huang

James C Peacock, Iii

Eugene Young

Lisa Weldon

Eduardo Sager, Jr

Kevin Kang

James Clayton Peacock, Iii

William S Tremulis

Jeffrey Bleam

Hearing aid devices, methods of manufacture, methods of use, and kits are provided. In certain aspects, the hearing aid devices comprise an apparatus having a transducer and a retention structure comprising a shape profile corresponding to a tissue of the user, and a layer of elastomer.

Contact hearing device and retention structure materials

Methods and apparatus for treating disorders of the ear, nose, throat or paranasal sinuses, including methods and apparatus for dilating ostia, passageways and other anatomical structures, endoscopic methods and apparatus for endoscopic visualization of structures within the ear, nose, throat or paranasal sinuses, navigation devices for use in conjunction with image guidance or navigation system and hand held devices having pistol type grips and other handpieces.

Methods and apparatus for treating disorders of the ear nose and throat

A dilation catheter includes a shaft and an expandable element. The shaft includes a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion includes a tip and a bend. The tip is sized and configured to pass through an isthmus of a Eustachian tube (ET). The bend is proximal to the tip. The bend is formed at an angle configured to provide insertion of the tip into the isthmus of the ET via an ear canal associated with the ET. The expandable element is disposed at the distal portion of the shaft. The expandable element is configured to transition between a non-expanded state and an expanded state. The expandable element in the non-expanded state is configured for insertion into the ET via the isthmus. The expandable element in the expanded state is configured to dilate the ET.

System and method for treatment of eustachian tube from middle ear approach

A system effectively narrows a patulous Eustachian tube (ET) of a patient with a guide catheter, instrument, and insert. The guide catheter includes a shaft, a lumen and a distal end configured to provide access the ET when the guide catheter is inserted into a head of the patient. The instrument comprises a shaft. The insert comprises a body configured to radially expand and retract between a non-expanded state and an expanded state. The insert is sized and shaped to be received within the first lumen when in the non-expanded state and is operable to expand to the expanded state to substantially reduce an effective diameter of the ET.

Patulous eustachian tube stent

An apparatus comprises a shaft, an expandable dilator, and at least one ventilation pathway. The shaft defines a longitudinal axis and comprises a distal and proximal ends with at least one shaft lumen. The expandable dilator comprises body with its own proximal and distal ends. The body is configured to transition between a contracted state and an expanded state. The body is configured to dilate a Eustachian tube of a patient in the expanded state. The at least one ventilation pathway is configured to provide ventilation from the distal end of the body to the proximal end of the body when the body is in the expanded state. In some examples, the ventilation pathway comprises a set of transversely oriented vent openings formed through the shaft. In some other examples, the ventilation pathway comprises a space defined between one or more radially outwardly protruding features of the expandable dilator.

Eustachian tube dilation balloon with ventilation path

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a microactuator including using (i) an ingress membrane mounting ring adhesive positioned on an ingress membrane mounting surface to mount an ingress membrane and (ii) a flexible encapsulation shield mounted on a support band and extending over the ingress membrane mounting ring and (iii) a first reed adhesive connecting the ingress membrane to a microactuator reed at an ingress membrane reed opening and (iv) a second reed adhesive positioned on and covering the first reed adhesive, the second reed adhesive extending from the ingress membrane to the microactuator reed.

Tympanic lens for hearing device with reduced fluid ingress

Sinusitis and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches with flexible or rigid instruments. Various methods and devices are used for remodeling or changing the shape, size or configuration of a sinus ostium or duct or other anatomical structure in the ear, nose or throat; implanting a device, cells or tissues; removing matter from the ear, nose or throat; delivering diagnostic or therapeutic substances or performing other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Introducing devices (e.g., guide catheters, tubes, guidewires, elongate probes, other elongate members) may be used to facilitate insertion of working devices (e.g. catheters e.g. balloon catheters, guidewires, tissue cutting or remodeling devices, devices for implanting elements like stents, electrosurgical devices, energy emitting devices, devices for delivering diagnostic or therapeutic agents, substance delivery implants, scopes etc.) into the paranasal sinuses or other structures in the ear, nose or throat, Specific devices (e.g., tubular guides, guidewires, balloon catheters, tubular sheaths) are provided as are methods for manufacturing and using such devices to treat disorders of the ear, nose or throat.

Devices, systems and methods useable for treating sinusitis

A system for delivering a fluid to a Eustachian tube (ET) of a patient includes a guide member and a tubular member. The guide member includes a shaft having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a bend at the distal portion. The bend is configured to provide access to an opening in the ET. The system further includes a tubular member comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The tubular member is sized to fit within the ET. One or both of the tubular member and the guide member comprises a first stop member configured to engage the other of the tubular member or the guide member. The first stop member is configured to restrict a distal advancement of the tubular member relative to the guide member.

System and method for anesthetizing eustachian tube

A dilation catheter comprises a handle, a guidewire, a dilation catheter, a guidewire movement mechanism, and dilation catheter movement actuator. The guidewire movement mechanism is configured to translate to thereby cause translation of the guidewire relative to the handle. The dilation catheter movement mechanism is configured to translate to thereby cause translation of the dilation catheter relative to the handle. The guidewire movement mechanism also includes a rotation mechanism configured to impart rotation upon the guidewire. The rotation mechanism may include features configured to limit the amount that the guidewire may rotate. The rotation mechanism may also include features configured to convert linear movement of an actuator into rotational movement of the guidewire. The dilation catheter may include features configured to provide for side entry of the guidewire into the dilation catheter.

Balloon catheter assembly

A device and method for dilating a Eustachian tube of a patient is disclosed. The device includes a guide catheter and a balloon dilation catheter. The balloon dilation catheter has an actuator that prevents injury to the middle ear. The balloon dilation catheter is slidably coupled with the guide catheter through the guide catheter lumen and is fully inserted into the guide catheter lumen when the distal side of the actuator is adjacent to the proximal end of the guide catheter. The method involves advancing the guide catheter and balloon dilation catheter through a nasal passage of the patient to dilate a portion of the Eustachian tube.

Method and system for eustachian tube dilation

An apparatus includes a body, an upright member, a frame, and a plurality of field generating elements. The body is configured to be positioned between a patient's back and a backrest of a chair. The upright member extends upwardly from the body. The frame has a curved configuration configured to partially surround a patient's head. The field generating elements are configured to generate an electromagnetic field around a patient's head partially surrounded by the frame.

Apparatus to secure field generating device to chair

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Ketan P Muni