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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2020
Entellus Medical, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Ryan Cerepak, Champlin, MN (US);
Tony Hanson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Alexander Houck, Hopkins, MN (US);
John Drontle, Buffalo, MN (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a balloon dilation catheter that includes a handle (), a substantially rigid inner guide member () coupled to the handle, a shaft () arranged over the inner guide member, a balloon () coupled to the inner guide member, and a polymer ball tip () positioned at a distal end of the balloon. To treat a sinus drainage pathway of a subject using the balloon dilation catheter, the substantially rigid inner guide member is positioned into the drainage pathway of the sinus of the subject via a nasal passageway. The balloon is then inflated to expand or otherwise remodel the drainage pathway.