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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Spirox, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Iyad S. Saidi, Arlington, VA (US);
Michael H. Rosenthal, San Carlos, CA (US);
Donald A. Gonzales, Houston, TX (US);
J. Cameron Loper, Alexandria, VA (US);
Marcus A. Hadley, Olney, MD (US);
Jamie L. Ingram, Alexandria, VA (US);
Cheng Q. Ren, Annandale, VA (US);
Charles P. Luddy, Alexandria, VA (US);
Leon A. Marucchi, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Bruce C. Gray, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
R. Andrew Carlton, Arlington, VA (US);
Spirox, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Described are implants for placing in a body, tools for delivering the implants, and systems and methods for using implants and tools for placing in a body and more particularly to nasal implants, tools for delivering nasal implants, and systems and methods for using such implants and tools. A tool may include a hand-held implant delivery device that cuts, holds, moves, orients, inserts, or shapes an implant. An implant may be a biodegradable, longitudinal implant that may be oriented for implantation by an implant delivery device.