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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 04, 2021
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Jetmir Palushi, Irvine, CA (US);
Fatemeh Akbarian, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Itzhak Fang, Irvine, CA (US);
Athanasios Papadakis, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A guidewire includes a guidewire shaft and an inflatable element arranged at a distal end of the guidewire shaft. At least a portion of the guidewire shaft is formed of metal, and the guidewire shaft includes a lumen that fluidly communicates with an interior of the inflatable element. The inflatable element is operable to transition between a deflated state in which the inflatable element is configured to pass through an isthmus of a Eustachian tube (ET), and an inflated state in which the inflatable element is configured to dilate the ET.