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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2021
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
The U.s. Government, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
The Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
James Kintzing, San Jose, CA (US);
McCutcheon Brandon, Rochester, MN (US);
Nayak Jayakar, Stanford, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for altering the shape of a target tissue structure of a subject, e.g., a nasal septum or other nasal tissue that include securing a first end of a shaping element to tissue adjacent the structure; manipulating the tissue to alter a shape of the structure; and applying a force to the shaping element to maintain the altered shape of the structure.