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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
May. 27, 2015
Acclarent, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Anton G. Clifford, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
John Y. Chang, Los Altos, CA (US);
John H. Morriss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Earl A. Bright, II, Los Altos, CA (US);
Eric Goldfarb, Belmont, CA (US);
Julia D. Vrany, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ketan P. Muni, San Jose, CA (US);
William E. Bolger, Bethesda, MD (US);
Joseph Roberson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for providing a gas pathway between the nasopharynx and the Eustachian tube are provided. One device may include a lumen with a valve. A portion of the valve may be tethered to adjacent muscle. Another portion of the valve may be tethered to adjacent cartilage. When the muscle contracts the valve may open through movement of the tethers, and provide a gas pathway between the nasopharynx and the Eustachian tube.