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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2023
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Fatemeh Akbarian, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Yehuda Algawi, Binyamina, IL;
Itzhak Fang, Irvine, CA (US);
Jetmir Palushi, Irvine, CA (US);
Athanasios Papadakis, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Henry F. Salazar, Pico Rivera, CA (US);
Ehsan Shameli, Irvine, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A surgical instrument and related method includes an instrument body, a guide shaft distally projecting from the instrument body, and a first surgical tool. The guide shaft has a guide sidewall, a guide lumen, and a clearance opening radially extending through the guide sidewall in communication with the guide lumen. The first surgical tool has an elongate body and a distal head configured to deflect relative to the elongate body from a first position to a second position. The distal head in the first position is positioned within the guide lumen along the central axis. The distal head in the second position is deflected from the central axis and extends at least partially through the clearance opening thereby vacating at least a portion of the guide lumen for introducing a second surgical tool through the guide lumen.