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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Acclarent, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
John H. Morriss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Carlos F. Fernandez, High Springs, FL (US);
Eric Goldfarb, Belmont, CA (US);
Thomas R. Jenkins, Alameda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/233 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/233 (2013.01); A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22051 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320048 (2013.01); A61M 25/1002 (2013.01); A61M 2029/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices and methods for locating sinus ostia and positioning a guide wire within the sinus ostia. The subject devices include a shaft having a distal end, a proximal end, a curved region located between the distal and proximal ends, and an interior channel, an extensible and retractable guide wire movably mounted within the interior channel and a probe tip joined to the guide wire. Certain devices further include expandable portions for engaging and treating body anatomy.