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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2017
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Pamela Ridgley, Bloomington, IN (US);
Darin Schaeffer, Bloomington, IN (US);
Gordon Siegel, Chicago, IL (US);
Marc Lim, Little Rock, AR (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
Medical devices, systems, methods, and kits for the medialization of a vocal cord are described. A method comprises creating a passageway in thyroid cartilage of a patient, advancing a light source through the passageway, activating the light source, viewing light emitted from the light source to confirm placement of the passageway relative to the vocal cord, and advancing a medical device through the passageway to move the vocal cord toward a midline of the larynx of the patient.