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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2021
Entellus Medical, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Andrew T. Forsberg, Plymouth, MN (US);
Anthony A. Duda, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Entellus Medical, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A nasal valve implant delivery system includes a delivery tool having a handle and a needle extending distally therefrom and configured to hold an implant therein. When loaded in the needle, the implant proximally abuts or is disposed adjacent to a pusher member disposed partially within the needle. A light source disposed within the delivery tool is coupled to an optical fiber carried within a lumen of the pusher member. The delivery tool includes a moveable needle shuttle disposed in the handle that is coupled to the needle. An actuator disposed in the handle is configured to releaseably engage with the moveable needle shuttle, wherein the needle shuttle is coupled to one or more springs configured to apply a proximal tensioning force on the needle shuttle, wherein actuation of the actuator retracts the needle proximally into the handle and releases the implant.