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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
David G. Dillard, Atlanta, GA (US);
David G. Dillard, Atlanta, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A force-directional nasal surgery dilatation device for use in a medical procedure such as sinuplasty, correction of deviated septum, and expansion of sinus cavities and nasal passages. An inflatable balloon is affixed to the distal end of a shaft for supporting and guiding the balloon into position for a nasal surgery procedure involving a patient. The shaft includes an inflation passageway associated for introducing an inflation medium into the balloon. The device further includes a force distribution member affixed to the inflatable balloon that provides a relatively rigid surface for applying distributed force against a tissue in the patient's nasal cavity upon inflation of the balloon. The force distribution member can include a pair of generally planar articulated adjacent surfaces attached along a hinge line between the surfaces.
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