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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Franklin D. Tarke, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Meir Bar-Tal, Haifa, IL;
Vadim Gliner, Haifa, IL;
Babak Ebrahimi, Irvine, CA (US);
Uriel Hod, Haifa, IL;
Shubhayu Basu, Anaheim, CA (US);
Alison D. Wright, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Cesar Fuentes-Ortega, Pasadena, CA (US);
Henry F. Salazar, Pico Rivera, CA (US);
Jetmir Palushi, Irvine, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
An ENT surgical instrument includes a shaft assembly, a flexible substrate, and at least at least one electrically-conductive sensor trace formed on the flexible substrate. The shaft assembly has a distal end sized and configured to fit in an anatomical passageway in an ear, nose, or throat of a patient. The flexible substrate extends along at least a portion of the shaft. The at least one sensor trace includes at least one concentric loop portion, wherein the at least one concentric loop portion defines at least one navigation sensor.