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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
Thomas Jenkins, Oakland, CA (US);
Eric Goldfarb, Belmont, CA (US);
Tom Thanh Vo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert N. Wood, Jr., Indian Beach, NC (US);
Ronda M. Heiser, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Larsen, Oakland, CA (US);
Daniel T. Harfe, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Thomas Jenkins, Oakland, CA (US);
Eric Goldfarb, Belmont, CA (US);
Tom Thanh Vo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert N. Wood, Jr., Indian Beach, NC (US);
Ronda M. Heiser, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Larsen, Oakland, CA (US);
Daniel T. Harfe, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for dilating an ostium of a paranasal sinus of a human or animal subject may include: a handle; an elongate shaft having a proximal end coupled with the handle and extending to a distal end; a guidewire disposed through at least a portion of the shaft lumen; a dilator having a non-expanded configuration and an expanded configuration; and a slide member coupled with at least one of the guidewire or the dilator through the longitudinal opening of the shaft for advancing the guidewire and/or the dilator relative to the shaft.