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Patent No.:

US 10441759 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2016

Methods for treating sinus ostia using balloon catheter devices having a bendable balloon portion

Applicant:

Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Satoru Suehara, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primary Examiner:

Todd J Scherbel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/233 (2006.01); A61F 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61B 1/00013 (2013.01); A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/233 (2013.01); A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61F 5/08 (2013.01); A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2090/309 (2016.02); A61M 25/0133 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0681 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for use with a balloon catheter device that includes a selectively bendable portion with a balloon disposed thereon, a control device for controlling bending of the selectively bendable portion, and a camera located at an end of a distal portion, includes inserting the distal portion into the nostril while the distal portion is straight; viewing an image provided by the camera; stopping insertion of the distal portion after the ethmoidal bulla is viewed in the image; articulating the distal portion in an upward direction to view the opening to the frontal sinus ostium or a downward direction to view the opening to the maxillary sinus ostium using the control device; inserting the distal portion into the frontal sinus ostium or the maxillary sinus ostium while the distal portion remains in the bent position; and inflating the balloon in the frontal sinus ostium or the maxillary sinus ostium.

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