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Atos Medical Ab

Lars Lejdeborn

Olle Berg

Jan-Ove Persson

A method for inserting a drain catheter into an antrum includes the steps of securing a needle holder to the trailing end of a needle, positioning a hammer in predetermined spaced relation to the trailing end of the needle holder, loading a bias member so that it urges the hammer to strike the needle holder, restraining the hammer to maintain the load on the hammer, and quickly releasing the hammer and allowing it to strike the needle holder so that the leading end of the needle punctures the bone of the antrum wall. A first dampening member decelerates the hammer at the end of its displacement, and a second dampening member decelerates the needle and needle holder at the end of their joint displacement. A rigid tube is disposed in ensleeving relation to the needle so that the leading end of the tube is positioned in predetermined proximity to the point of the needle so that the leading end of the tube is carried into the antrum when the needle point punctures the antrum wall. A flexible catheter ensleeves a trailing end of the needle and a trailing end of the tube, and the catheter is bonded to the tube so that the tube and catheter remain together as a unit when the needle is withdrawn from the antrum. The tube and catheter provide a drain when the needle is withdrawn, the catheter having a trailing end that extends exteriorly of a patient's nose to facilitate drainage of the antrum.

Method for draining antrum

Apparatus for liquid flushing of body cavities and/or supplying active

Drainage tube for sinus maxillaris, a means for its insertion and a

An intranasal device to be used in combination with septum operations consists of a breathing channel and an inflatable balloon positioned in side by side relation to one another on one side of a thin plate which is shaped to conform to the interior anatomy of the nasal cavity. The balloon is connected to a pressure balancing device for controlling the pressure in the balloon, and valve means are provided for setting a maximum allowable pressure in the balloon.

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Vallingby, Sweden

Lars Lejdeborn