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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Fatemeh Akbarian, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Itzhak Fang, Irvine, CA (US);
Azhang Hamlekhan, Irvine, CA (US);
Jetmir Palushi, Irvine, CA (US);
Ehsan Shameli, Irvine, CA (US);
David A. Smith, Jr., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument and method of tracking the surgical instrument includes a shaft, a cutting member, and navigation system. The shaft has a shaft lumen, a shaft window, and a shaft edge. The cutting member is disposed within the shaft lumen and is configured to cyclically move from a first position to a second position relative to the shaft. The cutting member includes a cutting window opening, a cutting edge, and a suction lumen to cut the tissue portion with the cutting member in the first position. The navigation system includes a navigation sensor positioned on at least one of the shaft or the cutting member that is configured to be tracked within a patient for identifying a positional movement of the shaft or the cutting member within the patient.