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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Acclarent, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ketan P. Muni, San Jose, CA (US);
Hung V. Ha, San Jose, CA (US);
John H. Morriss, San Francisco, CA (US);
William E. Bolger, Bethesda, MD (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
John Y. Chang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Randy S. Chan, San Jose, CA (US);
Nga K. Van, San Jose, CA (US);
Anton G. Clifford, Mountain View, CA (US);
William M. Facteau, Atherton, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for treating ethmoid disease in human or non-human animal subjects includes inserting a sheath containing an implantable device having an expandable member. The sheath is removed from the implantable device causing the expandable member to expand, allowing for stability of the implantable device in the subject. Stenting, spacing, draining, ventilating and/or delivering drugs and other therapeutic or diagnostic substances to desired locations within the bodies of human or non-human animal subjects may also be involved.