METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING DILATING THE ETHMOID INFUNDIBULUM

A method of dilating an infundibular space within the human head includes directing at least a distal portion of an elongate member of a medical device into a nasal cavity of the human head, the distal portion including a piercing tip and an expandable portion. The piercing tip is directed through t...

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Main Author RESSEMANN, THOMAS V
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 20.10.2011
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Summary:A method of dilating an infundibular space within the human head includes directing at least a distal portion of an elongate member of a medical device into a nasal cavity of the human head, the distal portion including a piercing tip and an expandable portion. The piercing tip is directed through tissue of an uncinate process or tissue near an uncinate process and into an ethmoid infundibulum and the expandable portion of the distal end is expanded within the ethmoid infundibulum. La présente invention concerne un procédé de dilatation d'un espace uncibullaire dans la tête humaine qui comprend la direction d'au moins une partie distale d'un élément allongé d'un dispositif médical dans une cavité nasale de la tête humaine, la partie distale comprenant une pointe perçante et une partie expansible. La pointe perçante est dirigée à travers un tissu d'une apophyse unciforme ou un tissu à proximité d'une apophyse unciforme et dans un espace uncibullaire et la partie expansible de l'extrémité distale est dilatée dans l'espace uncibullaire.
Bibliography:Application Number: WO2011US32701