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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2021
Icahn School of Medicine AT Mount Sinai, New York, NY (US);
Turner Baker, New York, NY (US);
Alfred Marc Iloreta, New York, NY (US);
Alexis Bruhat, New York, NY (US);
Raj Shrivastava, New York, NY (US);
Anthony Costa, New York, NY (US);
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for minimizing infectious particle exposure during endonasal surgeries includes the steps of: introducing an aspiration device through a mouth of a patient and positioning a distal tip within the nasopharynx space, the aspiration device comprising an elongated balloon catheter having an inflatable balloon located within a distal region thereof and a distal aspiration port that is positioned distal to the balloon; inflating the balloon so that the balloon occupies the nasopharynx space; and aspirating any infectious particles within the nasopharynx space via the distal aspiration port.