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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Acclarent, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Randy J. Kesten, Mountain View, CA (US);
Howard Levine, Longboat Key, FL (US);
John W. White, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas R. Jenkins, Alameda, CA (US);
Jessica M. Liberatore, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jayakar V. Nayak, Stanford, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Fluid communication may be improved for an ethmoid sinus by installing a port or wick in the wall of the ethmoid sinus to provide a fluid passageway across the wall of the ethmoid sinus. Fluid communication for an ethmoid sinus may also be improved by inflating a balloon in a retrobullar space, remodeling the posterior wall of the ethmoid bulla to expand the transition area in the retrobullar space. In addition, a wall defining the retrobullar space may be pierced to provide a passageway for fluid communication.