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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2020
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Ehsan Shameli, Irvine, CA (US);
Jetmir Palushi, Irvine, CA (US);
Itzhak Fang, Irvine, CA (US);
Athanasios Papadakis, Newport Beach, CA (US);
William J. Kane, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Fatemeh Akbarian, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly and a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle assembly and having a distal end sized to be inserted into the nasal cavity of a patient. The shaft assembly includes a cutting member configured to cut tissue within the nasal cavity, and a translating member slidably disposed over the cutting member. A navigation sensor is disposed within the distal end of the shaft assembly and is operable to generate a signal corresponding to a position of the distal end within the patient.